1 Samuel 18:1:101 Sam.18.1.W10TAB

ויאהבו

viahavu

and they loved

Transliteration
vi-a-ha-VU
Extended
vih-ah-hah-VOO
IPA
/viʔaːhaˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they loved

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
ו + י + א + הבו
vi + a + ha + vu
viahavu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    vi-a-ha-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN

  3. clause

    vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO

Root and etymology

א־ה־ב

to love

In context1 Samuel 18:1

And it happened that when he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word ויאהבו (viahavu) 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.18.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W10.S1) and character.