1 Samuel 13:8:21 Sam.13.8.W2TAB
וַיּ֣וֹחֶל
vayokhel
“and he waited”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-KHEL
- Extended
- vah-yoh-KHEEL
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈħɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he waited
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM
- clause
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
- 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 verse opens with the vav-consecutive in vayochel {וַיּ֣וֹחֶל | way·yo·ḥel} ‘waited’, indicating continuity of action.
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 13:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֣וֹחֶל (vayokhel) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.8.W2.S1) and character.