1 Samuel 17:39:61 Sam.17.39.W6TAB
וַיֹּ֣אֶל
vayoel
“and he undertook”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-EL
- Extended
- vah-yoh-EHL
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he undertook
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-EL la-LE-khet
- clause
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti
- sentence
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti va-ye-si-REM da-VID me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect wayyoel {וַיֹּאֶל | wayyōʾêl} with the infinitive lalechet {לָלֶכֶת֮ | lālēḥet} expresses his willingness to proceed.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:39
David girded his sword over his armor and tried to go, for he had not tested them; and he said to Saul, “I cannot go in these, for I have not tried them.” So he removed them from himself.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 17:39, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אֶל (vayoel) 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.17.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.39.W6.S1) and character.