1 Samuel 15:11:101 Sam.15.11.W10TAB
וַיִּ֙חַר֙
vayikhar
“was angry”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR
- Extended
- vah-yi-KHAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- was angry
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR
- clause
va-yi-KHAR lish-mu-EL va-yiz-AK el-ye-ho-VAH kal-ha-LAI-la
- sentence
ni-KHAM-tee kee-him-LAKH-tee et-sha-OOL le-ME-lekh kee-SHAV mee-ah-kha-RAI veh-et-de-va-RAI LO he-KIM va-yi-KHAR lish-mu-EL va-yiz-AK el-ye-ho-VAH kal-ha-LAI-la
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with the Waw-consecutive way·yā·ḥar {וַיִּ֙חַר֙ | way·yā·ḥar} ‘and it burned with anger’ and wayiz·ʿā·q {וַיִּזְעַ֥ק | way·yiz·ʿā·q} ‘and he cried out,’ focusing on Samuel’s response, indicated by liš·mū·ʾēl {לִשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | liš·mū·ʾēl} ‘to Samuel.’
In context — 1 Samuel 15:11
I was grieved because I made Saul king and he has turned back from following Me and has not fulfilled My words . Samuel burned with anger, and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֙חַר֙ (vayikhar) 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.15.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.11.W10.S1) and character.