1 Samuel 18:20:71 Sam.18.20.W7TAB
וַיִּשַׁ֥ר
vayishar
“and it was pleasing”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SHAR
- Extended
- vah-yih-SHAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈʃar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was pleasing
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR
- 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 verb wayyîšar {וַיִּשַׁ֥ר | wayyîšar} ‘and he was pleased’ conveys Saul’s reaction.
Root and etymology
š-r-rShin–Resh–Resh
“ruler, commander”
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 18:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשַׁ֥ר (vayishar) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.20.W7.S1) and character.