1 Samuel 15:11:121 Sam.15.11.W12TAB
וַיִּזְעַ֥ק
vayizak
“cried out”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-AK
- Extended
- vah-yihz-AHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈʕaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- cried 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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-AK
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-AK el-ye-ho-VAH
- 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.’
Root and etymology
ע־ז־קʿ-z-q
“to cry out, call for help”
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 15:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְעַ֥ק (vayizak) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.11.W12.S1) and character.