1 Samuel 16:21:61 Sam.16.21.W6TAB
וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֣הֽוּ
vayeehavehu
“and he loved him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-hah-VEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛ.ʔɛhaːˈveːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he loved him
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD
- clause
va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
- sentence
va-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
Exegesis
The sequential vav-consecutive chain (vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | way·yā·ḇō} ‘and he came’; vaya‘amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | way·ya·‘ă·mō·ḏ} ‘and he stood’; vaye’ehavehu {וַיֶּאֱהָבֵהֽוּ | way·ye·ʾĕ·hā·ḇê·hû} ‘and he loved him’; vayehi-lo {וַיְהִי־לוֹ | way·hĕ·hî·lô} ‘and it became to him’) marks the progression of events.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–he–bet
“to love; to feel affection”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and he stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֣הֽוּ (vayeehavehu) 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.16.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.21.W6.S1) and character.