1 Samuel 15:8:11 Sam.15.8.W1TAB
וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ
vayitpos
“and he took”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-POS
- Extended
- vah-yit-POHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jitˈpoːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-POS
- clause
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI
- sentence
va-yit-POS et-a-GAG meh-lekh-ah-ma-LEK KHAI ve-et-KOL-ha-AM he-khe-RIM leh-fee-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive prefixed verb vayitpoš {וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ | wayyiṯpōš} introducing sequential action.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:8
And he captured Agag, the king of Amalek, alive, and devoted all the people to destruction by the edge of the sword .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ (vayitpos) 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.15.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.8.W1.S1) and character.