1 Samuel 15:7:11 Sam.15.7.W1TAB
וַיַּ֥ךְ
vayakh
“defeated”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjax/
Meaning by language
- English
- defeated
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH sha-UL
- clause
va-YAKH sha-UL et-ah-ma-LEK
- sentence
va-YAKH sha-UL et-ah-ma-LEK me-kha-vi-LA bo-a-KHA SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb way-yaḵ {וַיַּךְ | way-yaḵ} ‘and he struck’, marking sequential past action, with šāʾ-ûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʾ-ûl} as the agent.
Root and etymology
נכהn-k-h
“to strike, smite, defeat”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul struck down the Amalekites from Khavilah as he came to Shur , on the face of Egypt.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:7, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥ךְ (vayakh) 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.15.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.7.W1.S1) and character.