1 Samuel 17:37:191 Sam.17.37.W19TAB

וַֽיהוָ֖ה

vayehovah

and the LORD

Transliteration
va-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
vah-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/ˈleːx/

Meaning by language

English
and the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + י + ה + וָ֖ה
va + ye + ho + vah
vayehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-ho-VAH

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LEKH va-ye-ho-VAH yih-ye im-MAKH

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER da-VID ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-tsi-LA-ni mi-YAD ha-a-RI u-mi-YAD ha-DOV HU ya-tsi-LE-ni mi-YAD ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LEKH va-ye-ho-VAH yih-ye im-MAKH

Exegesis

A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ăšer} ‘who’ modifies YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh}, establishing divine agency in two rescue actions.

Root and etymology

Rootheh-yod-heh

to be, exist

In context1 Samuel 17:37

David said, “The LORD who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you .”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:37:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Samuel 17:37, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָ֖ה (vayehovah) 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.17.37.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.37.W19.S1) and character.