1 Samuel 15:17:111 Sam.15.17.W11TAB
וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧
vayimshakhakha
“anointed you”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-sha-KHA-kha
- Extended
- vah-yihm-shah-KHAH-khaa
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈʃaː.ħa.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- anointed you
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-sha-KHA-kha
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-sha-KHA-kha ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yim-sha-KHA-kha ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL ha-LO im-ka-TON a-TA be-e-NE-kha ROSH shiv-TE yis-ra-EL A-ta va-yim-sha-KHA-kha ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in va-yim-ša-ḥa-kha {וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧ | va-yim-ša-ḥa-kha} “and he anointed you” carries the narrative forward by attributing divine action.
Root and etymology
m-š-ḥmem–shin–chet
“to anoint”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, “Is it not true that, though you are small in your own eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧ (vayimshakhakha) 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.15.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.17.W11.S1) and character.