1 Samuel 18:15:61 Sam.18.15.W6TAB
וַיָּ֖גָר
vayagar
“and he was afraid”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-GAR
- Extended
- vah-yaa-GAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈɣaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was afraid
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-GAR
- clause
va-ya-GAR mi-pa-NAV
- sentence
va-YAR-e sha-UL a-SHER-HU mas-ki-IL me-OD va-ya-GAR mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive imperfect wayyāgar {וַיָּ֖גָר | wăyyāgar} ‘and he feared’ expresses Saul’s emotional response.
Root and etymology
yod–gimel–resh
“to fear, be afraid”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:15
And Saul saw that he was very successful , and he feared him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֖גָר (vayagar) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.15.W6.S1) and character.