1 Samuel 17:50:11 Sam.17.50.W1TAB
וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק
vayekhezak
“and prevailed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-ZAK
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-ZAK
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛħeˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and prevailed
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khe-ZAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayyechezak {וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק | va-ye-ḥă-zaq} ‘and he prevailed,’ signaling decisive action.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-q
“to prevail”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:50
David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone; he struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in David’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:50:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 17:50, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק (vayekhezak) 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.17.50.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.50.W1.S1) and character.