1 Samuel 16:20:101 Sam.16.20.W10TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive vayishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַח | va-yish-lakh} ’and he sent’ introduces the agency phrase beyad David beno el Shaul {בְּיַד־דָּוִד בְּנוֹ אֶל־שָׁאוּל | bə-yad dā-wîd bə-no el šā-ʼûl}, marking David as the commissioned agent. Construct chains in the nested prepositional phrase underscore family delegation and direction of the mission.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥ
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:20
And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat , and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח (vayishlakh) 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.16.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.20.W10.S1) and character.