1 Samuel 13:2:11 Sam.13.2.W1TAB
וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ
vayivkharlo
“and he chose for himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KHAR-LO
- Extended
- vah-yiv-KHAHR-LOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈħar.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he chose for himself
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KHAR-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-KHAR-LO sha-UL
- clause
va-yiv-KHAR-LO sha-UL she-LO-shet a-la-FIM mi-yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU im-sha-UL al-pa-YIM be-mikh-MAS u-ve-HAR BET-EL ve-E-lef ha-YU im-yo-na-TAN be-giv-AT bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-yiv-KHAR-LO sha-UL she-LO-shet a-la-FIM mi-yis-ra-EL va-yih-YU im-sha-UL al-pa-YIM be-mikh-MAS u-ve-HAR BET-EL ve-E-lef ha-YU im-yo-na-TAN be-giv-AT bin-ya-MIN ve-YE-ter ha-AM shi-LAKH ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayivchar-lo {וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ | wayyibḥar-lô} ‘and he chose for himself’, marking a shift to past narrative.
Root and etymology
b-ch-rbet–ḥeth–resh
“to choose”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:2
And Saul chose for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent, each man to his tent .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ (vayivkharlo) 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.13.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.2.W1.S1) and character.