1 Samuel 17:16:11 Sam.17.16.W1TAB
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ
vayiggash
“and he came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GASH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came near
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GASH ha-pe-lish-TI
- clause
va-yig-GASH ha-pe-lish-TI ha-she-KEM ve-ha-a-REV
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-pe-lish-TI ha-she-KEM ve-ha-a-REV va-yit-ya-TSEV ar-ba-IM YOM
Exegesis
The clause begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiggash {וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ | va-yyig-gaš} ‘and he drew near’, propelling the narrative.
Root and etymology
g-š
“to approach, draw near”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:16
The Philistine came forward morning and evening and stood firmly for forty days.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (vayiggash) 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.17.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.16.W1.S1) and character.