1 Samuel 14:20:11 Sam.14.20.W1TAB
וַיִּזָּעֵ֣ק
vayizzaek
“and he cried out”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-ZA-ek
- Extended
- vah-yiz-ZAA-ehk
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈzaː.ʕeq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he cried out
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-ZA-ek
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL
- clause
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yiz-ZA-ek sha-UL ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-VO-u ad-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE ha-ye-TA KHE-rev ISH be-re-E-hu me-hu-MA ge-do-LA me-OD
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayiz‘aq {וַיִּזָּעֵ֣ק | vayiz-za-ek} ‘and he cried out’, a piel imperfect with vav consecutive marking sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
z-‛-qza‛aq
“to cry out, call for help”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:20
And Saul and all the people who were with him cried out, and they came up to the battle. And behold, the sword of each man was turned against his companion , and there was very great confusion .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזָּעֵ֣ק (vayizzaek) 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.14.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.20.W1.S1) and character.