1 Samuel 18:10:31 Sam.18.10.W3TAB

וַתִּצְלַ֣ח

vatitslakh

and rushed

Transliteration
va-tits-LAKH
Extended
vah-tihts-LAAKH
IPA
/vat.titsˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and rushed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תִּצְ + לַ֣ח
va + tits + lakh
vatitslakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tits-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL

Exegesis

The verb va-teṣlaḥ {וַתִּצְלַח | wa-tṣə-laḥ} ‘and it rushed’ introduces ruʾaḥ rāʿâ {רוּחַ רָעָה | rū-aḥ rā-ʿāh} ‘evil spirit,’ where the construct chain ruʾaḥ ’ĕlōhîm rāʿâ links divine agency to the troubling force.

In context1 Samuel 18:10

And it happened on the next day that an evil spirit of God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied within the house, while David was playing by his hand as day by day; and the spear was in Saul’s hand.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word וַתִּצְלַ֣ח (vatitslakh) 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.18.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W3.S1) and character.