1 Samuel 14:27:61 Sam.14.27.W6TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח
vayishlakh
“and he stretched out”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stretched 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- clause
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH
- sentence
ve-yo-na-TAN LO-sha-MA be-hash-be-A a-VIV et-ha-AM va-yish-LAKH et-kse ha-ma-TE a-SHER be-ya-DO va-yit-BOL o-TA be-ya-RAT ha-de-VASH va-ya-SHEV ya-DO el-PIV ve-te-RE-na va-ta-OR-na e-NAIV
Exegesis
Then the vav-consecutive verbs vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח | va-yish-lāḥ} ‘he sent out’ and vayitbol {וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל | va-yit-bōl} ‘he dipped’ drive the action forward.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:27
Now Jonathan did not hear when his father caused the people to swear , so he stretched out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb , and he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (vayishlakh) 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.14.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.27.W6.S1) and character.