1 Samuel 18:24:11 Sam.18.24.W1TAB
וַיַּגִּ֜דוּ
vayaggidu
“and they told”
- Transliteration
- va-yag-GI-du
- Extended
- vah-yahg-GEE-doo
- IPA
- /vaj.jagˈgiː.duː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yag-GI-du
- clause
va-yag-GI-du av-DE sha-UL LO le-MOR
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du av-DE sha-UL LO le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-E-le dib-BER da-VID
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect vayaggidu {וַיַּגִּ֜דוּ | wayyaḡ·gî·ḏû} ‘and they told’, creating a sequential link with prior events.
Root and etymology
ג־ד־ה
“to tell, declare”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, “David has spoken these words .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּגִּ֜דוּ (vayaggidu) 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.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.24.W1.S1) and character.