1 Samuel 14:35:11 Sam.14.35.W1TAB
וַיִּ֧בֶן
vayiven
“and he built”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-VEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN sha-UL
- clause
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is signaled by the vav-consecutive qal imperfect vayiven {וַיִּ֧בֶן | way·yī·ḇen} ‘and he built’, which sets a reportive tone.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar to the LORD ; it was the first altar that he began to build to the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:35, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֧בֶן (vayiven) 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.14.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.35.W1.S1) and character.