1 Samuel 18:1:111 Sam.18.1.W11TAB
וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּ
vayeehavehu
“and he loved him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-hah-VEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jeʔɛhaːˈveːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he loved him
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN
- clause
vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO
- 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
Exegesis
Finally, the vav consecutive imperfect vaye’ehavehu {וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּ | way-yeʼhâḇêhû} ‘and he loved him’ followed by the comparative kenafsho {כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ | kə-nap̄-šō} ‘as his own soul’ intensifies the expression of devotion. In translating, the Hebrew verb–subject–object sequence is rendered in English subject–verb–object order to preserve clarity without losing the original emphasis on Jonathan’s emotional response.
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — 1 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 18:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּ (vayeehavehu) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W11.S1) and character.