1 Samuel 17:2:71 Sam.17.2.W7TAB
וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ
vayaarkhu
“and they drew up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ar-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahre-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕarˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they drew up
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-ar-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU mil-kha-MA lik-ra-AT pe-lish-TIM
- 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 sequence continues with vayyaʿarkhu {וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ | way-yaʿăr-kû} ‘and they arranged’, introducing milḥāmâ {מִלְחָמָ֖ה | mil-ḥā-māh} ‘battle’ as the direct object.
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 17:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 17:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ (vayaarkhu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.2.W7.S1) and character.