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

Result
וַ + יִּמְ + אָסְ + ךָ֣
va + yim + as + kha
vayimaskha

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Samekhs as in sit
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yim-AS-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.