1 Samuel 16:23:81 Sam.16.23.W8TAB
וְנִגֵּ֣ן
venigen
“and he played”
- Transliteration
- ve-ni-GEN
- Extended
- veh-nih-GEEN
- IPA
- /vənigˈɣeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he played
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ni-GEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO
- clause
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bi-he-YOT RU-akh-e-lo-HIM el-sha-UL ve-la-KHAKH da-VID et-ha-ki-NOR ve-ni-GEN be-ya-DO ve-ra-VAKH le-sha-UL ve-TOV LO ve-sa-RA me-a-LAV RU-akh ha-ra-A
Root and etymology
n-g-nn-g-n
“to play music”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:23
And it happened, whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul, David would take the lyre and play with his hand, and relief came to Saul, and it was good for him; and the evil spirit departed from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:23, so the Hebrew word וְנִגֵּ֣ן (venigen) 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.16.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.23.W8.S1) and character.