1 Samuel 14:23:11 Sam.14.23.W1TAB
וַיּ֧וֹשַׁע
vayosha
“and he saved or delivered”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-SHA
- Extended
- vah-yoh-SHAH
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saved or delivered
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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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-SHA ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL ve-ha-mil-kha-MA a-ve-RA et-BET A-ven
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Hiphil verb vayosha {וַיּוֹשַׁע | way-yo-shaʿ} ‘and He saved’, establishing divine deliverance by YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the central action.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ʿyod–shin–ayin
“to save”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:23
And the LORD saved Israel on that day, and the battle passed over Beth Aven .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:23, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֧וֹשַׁע (vayosha) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.23.W1.S1) and character.