1 Samuel 13:15:71 Sam.13.15.W7TAB
וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד
vayifkod
“and he numbered or mustered”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-KOD
- Extended
- vah-yihf-KOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈqoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he numbered or mustered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-yif-KOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-KOD sha-UL
- clause
va-yif-KOD sha-UL et-ha-AM han-nim-tsa-IM im-MO ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
- sentence
va-YA-kam she-mu-EL va-YA-al min-ha-gil-GAL giv-AT bin-ya-MIN va-yif-KOD sha-UL et-ha-AM han-nim-tsa-IM im-MO ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
Exegesis
The verb vayipqōd {וַיִּפְקֹד | wayyipqōd} then shifts agency to Saul’s action of assembling.
Root and etymology
פ־ק־ד
“to attend to, muster”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:15
Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin, and Saul counted the people who were found with him, about six hundred men.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (vayifkod) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.13.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.15.W7.S1) and character.