1 Samuel 17:2:41 Sam.17.2.W4TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they encamped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they encamped
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la
- sentence
ve-sha-UL ve-ISH-yis-ra-EL ne-es-FU va-ya-kha-NU be-E-mek ha-E-la va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive narrative sequence, beginning with ne’esfu {נֶאֶסְפוּ | neʾ-śə-pû} ‘they were gathered’ in the niphal perfect to indicate a completed assembly, followed by vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | way-yaḥă-nû} ‘and they camped’ in the qal imperfect with waw-consecutive marking the ensuing encampment.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:2
Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah , and they arranged their battle lines to meet the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.2.W4.S1) and character.