1 Samuel 15:9:11 Sam.15.9.W1TAB
וַיַּחְמֹל֩
vayakhmol
“spared”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-MOL
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-MOHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħˈmoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- spared
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-MOL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM
- clause
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL sha-UL ve-ha-AM al-a-GAG ve-al-mei-TAV ha-TSON ve-ha-ba-KAR ve-ha-mish-NEEM ve-al-ha-ka-RIM ve-al-kol-ha-TOV ve-LO a-VU ha-kha-ri-MAM ve-khol-ha-me-la-KHA ne-miv-ZA ve-na-MES o-TAH he-khe-ri-MU
Exegesis
The opening vav-consecutive imperfect wayyaḥmôl {וַיַּחְמֹל֩ | wayyaḥmôl} anchors the past narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–lamed
“to spare, have pity”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:9
Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the cattle, the choice animals, the lambs, and all that was good; they were unwilling to devote them to utter destruction, but they utterly destroyed all the property that was despised .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְמֹל֩ (vayakhmol) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.9.W1.S1) and character.