1 Samuel 15:27:11 Sam.15.27.W1TAB
וַיִּסֹּ֥ב
vayissov
“turned away”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-SOV
- Extended
- vah-yihs-SOHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈsoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned away
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-SOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SOV she-mu-EL
- clause
va-yis-SOV she-mu-EL la-LE-khet
- sentence
va-yis-SOV she-mu-EL la-LE-khet va-ya-kha-ZEK bik-NAF-meh-EE-LOH va-yik-KA-ra
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative employs a sequential vav consecutive pattern linking three actions: vayissov {וַיִּסֹּב | way·yi·sōḇ} ‘and he turned’, vayachazeq {וַיַּחֲזֵק | way·ya·ḥă·zêq} ‘and he seized’, and vayiqera {וַיִּקָּרַע | way·yi·qā·raʿ} ‘and it tore’.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:27
And as Samuel turned to go, Saul grasped the edge of his robe , and it tore.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסֹּ֥ב (vayissov) 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.15.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.27.W1.S1) and character.