1 Samuel 17:48:81 Sam.17.48.W8TAB
וַיְמַהֵ֣ר
vayemaher
“and he hastened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ma-HER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mah-HEER
- IPA
- /vajəmaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hastened
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ma-HER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-ma-HER da-VID
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA KI-KAM ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-LEKH va-yik-RAV lik-RAT da-VID va-ye-ma-HER da-VID va-ya-RATS ha-ma-a-ra-KHA lik-RAT ha-pe-lish-TI
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to create urgency, beginning with vehayah {וְהָיָה֙ | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it happened’, followed by qam {קָ֣ם | qām} ‘he arose’, way-yē-leḵ {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, way-yik-rav {וַיִּקְרַ֖ב | way-yik-rav} ‘and he drew near’, way-mah-hēr {וַיְמַהֵ֣ר | way-mah-hēr} ‘and he hurried’, and way-yā-rat͟s {וַיָּ֥רָץ | way-yā-rat͟s} ‘and he ran’.
Root and etymology
מ־ה־ר
“to hurry”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:48
When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:48:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:48, so the Hebrew word וַיְמַהֵ֣ר (vayemaher) 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.17.48.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.48.W8.S1) and character.