1 Samuel 13:8:111 Sam.13.8.W11TAB
וַיָּ֥פֶץ
vayafets
“and scattered”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-FETS
- Extended
- vah-yah-FEHTS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈfɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and scattered
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-FETS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-FETS ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
- sentence
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
Exegesis
The subsequent imperfect vayafets {וַיָּ֥פֶץ | way·yā·peṣ} ‘scattered’ combined with haʿam {הָעָ֖ם | hā·ʿam} and meʿalav {מֵעָלָֽיו | me·ʿā·lāv} ‘from upon him’ conveys the people’s dispersal. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew narrative sequence and causal relationship.
Root and etymology
p-w-ṣpe–waw–ṣadi
“to scatter”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:8
He waited seven days for the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal , and the people scattered from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥פֶץ (vayafets) 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.13.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.8.W11.S1) and character.