1 Samuel 17:34:121 Sam.17.34.W12TAB
וְנָשָׂ֥א
venasa
“and carried off”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-SA
- Extended
- veh-naa-SAA
- IPA
- /vənɔːˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and carried off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-SA SEH
- clause
u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL ro-EH ha-YA av-de-KHA le-a-VIV ba-TSON u-VA ha-a-RI ve-et-ha-DOV ve-na-SA SEH me-ha-E-der
Exegesis
The result clause marked by wənāsāʾ {וְנָשָׂ֥א | wə-nā-sāʾ} ‘and carried off’ focuses on the action against the sheep, with the direct object marker ʾeṯ {אֶת | ʾeṯ} specifying the victim and the phrase mēhā-ʾê-der {מֵהָעֵֽדֶר | mē-hā-ʾê-der} ‘from the flock’ indicating its source. This VSO narrative sequence is rendered into clear SVO English, preserving emphasis and temporal progression.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:34
And David said to Saul, “Your servant was a shepherd for his father among the sheep, when a lion and a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:34:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:34, so the Hebrew word וְנָשָׂ֥א (venasa) 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.17.34.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.34.W12.S1) and character.