1 Samuel 17:1:51 Sam.17.1.W5TAB
וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ
vayeasfu
“and they gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-as-FU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ahs-FOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeʔasˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they gathered
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-as-FU
- clause
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-as-FU pe-lish-TIM et-ma-kha-ne-HEM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ye-as-FU so-KHO a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-kha-NU BEN-so-KHO u-VEN-a-ze-KA be-E-fes da-MIM
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs to depict successive military actions: wayyaaspu {וַיַּאַסְפוּ | wayyaʾaspū} ‘and they gathered’, wayyeaspou {וַיֵּאָסְפוּ | wayyēʾaspū} ‘and they assembled’, and wayyahanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănū} ‘and they encamped’.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:1
The Philistines gathered their camps for battle ; they assembled at Socoh in Judah and set up camp between Socoh and Azekah at Efes Dammim.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּאָ֣סְפ֔וּ (vayeasfu) 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.17.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.1.W5.S1) and character.