1 Samuel 18:20:51 Sam.18.20.W5TAB
וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ
vayagidu
“and they told”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-GI-du
- Extended
- vah-yah-GIH-doo
- IPA
- /vaj.jagˈgiːduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they told
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-GI-du
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-GI-du le-sha-UL
- clause
va-ya-GI-du le-sha-UL va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NAIV
- sentence
va-te-e-HAV MI-khal BAT-sha-UL et-da-VID va-ya-GI-du le-sha-UL va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NAIV
Exegesis
The following wayyaggîḏû {וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ | wayyaggîḏû} ‘and they told’ continues the report, while lə-šāʼûl {לְשָׁא֔וּל | lə-šāʼûl} ‘to Saul’ indicates the recipient.
Root and etymology
ג־ד־ה
“to tell, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:20
And Michal, the daughter of Saul, loved David, and they told Saul, and the matter was pleasing in his eyes.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:20, so the Hebrew word וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ (vayagidu) 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.18.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.20.W5.S1) and character.