1 Samuel 18:10:81 Sam.18.10.W8TAB
וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣א
vayitnabe
“and he prophesied”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-na-BE
- Extended
- vah-yihth-neh-vah-BEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.naˈbɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he prophesied
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-na-BE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit
- 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
- 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 Hitpael wayyiṯnabbe’ {וַיִּתְנַבֵּא | wa-yyiṯ-nab-bê-ʼ} ‘and he prophesied’ carries ambiguity between ecstatic prophecy and uncontrolled frenzy, situated in betōḵ habbayith {בְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת | bə-ṯōḵ ha-bba-yîṯ} ‘within the house.’
Root and etymology
n-b-ʾ
“to prophesy”
In context — 1 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 18:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣א (vayitnabe) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W8.S1) and character.