1 Samuel 15:19:51 Sam.15.19.W5TAB
וַתַּ֙עַט֙
vahtaat
“pounced”
- Transliteration
- vah-ta-AT
- Extended
- vah-tah-AHT
- IPA
- /vat.taˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- pounced
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
vah-ta-AT
- clause
vah-ta-AT el-ha-sha-LAL vah-ta-AS hah-RA beh-eh-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-lahm-MA loh-shah-mah-eh-TA beh-KOL Yeh-ho-VAH vah-ta-AT el-ha-sha-LAL vah-ta-AS hah-RA beh-eh-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vatat {וַתַּעַט | va-tta‘-aṭ} ‘you swooped’ conveys aggressive eagerness toward the noun hashalal {הַשָּׁלָל | ha-šā-lāl} ‘the plunder’.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:19
And why did you not listen to the voice of the LORD ? Instead, you swooped upon the plunder and did the evil in the eyes of the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:19, so the Hebrew word וַתַּ֙עַט֙ (vahtaat) 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.15.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.19.W5.S1) and character.