1 Samuel 14:34:261 Sam.14.34.W26TAB
וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־שָֽׁם׃
vayishkhatusham
“and they slaughtered there”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-kha-TU-sham
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-khah-TOO-shaam
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ħăˈtˈuː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they slaughtered there
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-kha-TU-sham
- clause
va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham
Exegesis
The Hiphil forms haggîšû/vayagîšû frame the directive and its fulfillment, and wayyišḥaṭû–šām {וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־שָׁם | wayyišḥaṭû–šām} closes with the obedient slaughter.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ט
“to slaughter”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:34:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of 1 Samuel 14:34, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־שָֽׁם׃ (vayishkhatusham) 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.14.34.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W26.S1) and character.