1 Samuel 15:33:101 Sam.15.33.W10TAB
וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף
vayeshasef
“hacked to pieces”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sha-SEF
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shah-SEEF
- IPA
- /vaj.jəʃasˈseːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- hacked to pieces
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-sha-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-sha-SEF she-moo-EL et-a-GAG
- clause
va-ye-sha-SEF she-moo-EL et-a-GAG lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ba-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yoh-MER she-moo-EL ka-a-SHER shi-ke-LA na-SHIM khar-BE-kha KEN-tish-KAL min-na-SHIM i-ME-kha va-ye-sha-SEF she-moo-EL et-a-GAG lif-NE ye-ho-VAH ba-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive construction wayyōmer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ to introduce Samuel’s pronouncement, immediately followed by the vav-consecutive wayyaṣsef {וַיְשַׁסֵּף | wayyaṣsef} ‘and he hacked to pieces’, creating a sequential flow.
Root and etymology
š-s-pshin–samekh–pe
“to hew, cut, dismember”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, “Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:33:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 15:33, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁסֵּ֨ף (vayeshasef) 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.15.33.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.33.W10.S1) and character.