1 Samuel 14:32:121 Sam.14.32.W12TAB
וַיֹּ֥אכַל
vayokhal
“and ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-KHAL
- Extended
- vah-yoh-KHAAL
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔaːxal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-KHAL ha-AM
- clause
va-yo-KHAL ha-AM al-ha-DAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS va-ya-AT ha-AM el-she-LAL ha-sha-LAL va-yik-KHU TSON u-va-KAR u-ve-NE va-KAR va-yish-kha-TU-AR-tse va-yo-KHAL ha-AM al-ha-DAM
Exegesis
The verse is composed as a rapid chain of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyaʿaṭ {וַיַּעַט | wayyaʿaṭ} ‘and rushed’, wayyiqḥū {וַיִּקְחוּ | wayyiqḥū} ‘and they took’, wayyišḥəṭū-ʾāreṣāh {וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־אָרְצָה | wayyišḥəṭū-ʾā-reṣ-āh} ‘and they slaughtered’, wayyōʾaḥal {וַיֹּאכַל | wayyōʾaḥal} ‘and he ate’—which drives the narrative forward without conjunctions.
Root and etymology
א-כ-ל
“eat”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:32
And the people rushed to the spoil , took flocks, herds, and calves, slaughtered them on the open ground , and ate the meat along with the blood.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:32:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אכַל (vayokhal) 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.14.32.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.32.W12.S1) and character.