1 Samuel 18:14:51 Sam.18.14.W5TAB
וַֽיהוָ֖ה
vayehovah
“and the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /vajəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the LORD
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH IM-mo
- sentence
va-ye-HI da-VID le-KHOL-da-re-KHAV mas-ki-IL va-ye-ho-VAH IM-mo
Exegesis
The final clause vayehoVAH immo {וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמּוֹ | wa·yĕ·hō·wāh ʿim·mōw} ‘and the LORD was with him’ uses a copulative structure to underscore divine presence as causal to David’s success. English syntax preserves the Hebrew emphasis on totality and causality while rendering naturally.
Root and etymology
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:14
And David was prudent in all his ways, and the LORD was with him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָ֖ה (vayehovah) 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.18.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.14.W5.S1) and character.