1 Samuel 17:21:11 Sam.17.21.W1TAB
וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ
vataarokh
“and she or it arranged”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-a-ROKH
- Extended
- vah-tah-ah-ROHKH
- IPA
- /vat.taʕăˈroːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she or it arranged
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-a-ROKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-a-ROKH yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ta-a-ROKH yis-ra-EL u-fe-lish-TIM ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ma-a-ra-KHA
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive verb vata‘arokh {וַתַּעֲרֹךְ | vaṯ-‘a-rō-ḵā} to initiate the battle narrative.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:21
Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, each battle line facing the other.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:21, so the Hebrew word וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְ (vataarokh) 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.17.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.21.W1.S1) and character.