1 Samuel 18:23:11 Sam.18.23.W1TAB
וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ
vayedaberu
“and they spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-be-RU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-beh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.dab.bəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they spoke
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-be-RU
- clause
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive Qal imperfect verb vaydeberu {וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ | vaʾyəḏabberû} marking narrative progression.
Root and etymology
y-d
“hand, power”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:23
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David, and David said, “Does it seem a small matter in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor and lightly regarded man?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּ (vayedaberu) 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.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.23.W1.S1) and character.