1 Samuel 18:26:61 Sam.18.26.W6TAB
וַיִּשַׁ֤ר
vayishar
“and it was pleasing”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SHAR
- Extended
- vah-yih-SHAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈʃar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was pleasing
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-yi-SHAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR
- clause
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du a-va-DAV le-da-VID ET-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yi-SHAR ha-da-VAR be-e-NE da-VID le-hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-LO mal-E-u ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive Hiphil vayishar {וַיִּשַׁר | wayyiššār} ‘and it was pleasing’ expresses approval in Hebrew idiom.
Root and etymology
š-r-rShin–Resh–Resh
“ruler, commander”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:26
And his servants told David these things, and the matter was pleasing in David’s eyes to marry the king’s daughter, but the days were not fulfilled .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשַׁ֤ר (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.18.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.26.W6.S1) and character.