1 Samuel 15:26:111 Sam.15.26.W11TAB
וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣
vayimaskha
“rejected you”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-AS-kha
- Extended
- vah-yihm-AHS-khah
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈʔaːs.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rejected 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-AS-kha
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL LO a-SHUV i-MAKH KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayima'skha {וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ | wă·yim·ʼā·s·ḵā} ‘and he has rejected you’ mirrors Saul’s earlier action in a chiastic parallel.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–aleph–samekh
“to reject, despise”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:26
But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD , and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 15:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֣ (vayimaskha) 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.15.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.26.W11.S1) and character.