1 Samuel 15:18:11 Sam.15.18.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥
vayishlakhakha
“sent you”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-la-kha-KHA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-lah-khah-KHAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.la.ħaˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sent 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-yish-la-kha-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh
- sentence
va-yish-la-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH be-DA-rekh va-yo-MER LEKH ve-ha-kha-ram-TA et-ha-kha-ta-IM et-a-ma-LEK ve-nil-kha-MA VO AD ka-lo-TAHM o-TAM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with va-yîš-laḥ-ʼă-ḵā {וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ | and He sent you}, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that marks a past narrative action of divine sending.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥ
“to send”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent you on a journey and said, “Go and utterly devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight them until you have completely finished them.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ (vayishlakhakha) 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.15.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.18.W1.S1) and character.