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
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LEKH va-ye-ho-VAH yih-ye im-MAKH
- 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 context — 1 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.