1 Samuel 18:15:11 Sam.18.15.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAHR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjarɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR-e sha-UL
- clause
va-YAR-e sha-UL a-SHER-HU mas-ki-IL me-OD
- sentence
va-YAR-e sha-UL a-SHER-HU mas-ki-IL me-OD va-ya-GAR mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect verb vayyar {וַיַּ֣רְא | wăyyār} ‘and he saw’, signaling narrative continuation.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod–resh–aleph
“to fear, be in dread”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:15
And Saul saw that he was very successful , and he feared him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (vayare) 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.15.W1.S1) and character.