1 Samuel 17:24:81 Sam.17.24.W8TAB
וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ
vayireu
“and they were afraid”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yee-reh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiːr.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were afraid
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-re-U
- clause
va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV va-yi-re-U me-OD
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL bir-o-TAM ET-ha-ISH va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV va-yi-re-U me-OD
Exegesis
Two sequential vav-consecutive verbs, wayyanusu {וַיָּנֻסוּ | wa-yā-nû-sû} ‘and they fled’ followed by wayyire’u {וַיִּירְאוּ | wa-yī-rə-ʾû} ‘and they feared,’ convey instantaneous flight and terror.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʼ
“to fear”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:24
Whenever the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from his presence and were stricken with dread .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ (vayireu) 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.17.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.24.W8.S1) and character.