1 Samuel 17:37:201 Sam.17.37.W20TAB
יִהְיֶ֥ה
yihye
“will be”
- Transliteration
- yih-ye
- Extended
- yih-yeh
- IPA
- /vaj.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yih-ye
- phraseyour reading level
yih-ye im-MAKH
- 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
Saul’s jussive blessing yihyeh immakh {יִהְיֶה עִמָּךְ | yihyêh ʿimmāḵ} ‘may He be with you’ expresses covenantal accompaniment.
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 17:37:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Samuel 17:37, so the Hebrew word יִהְיֶ֥ה (yihye) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.37.W20.S1) and character.