1 Samuel 18:27:131 Sam.18.27.W13TAB
וַיְמַלְא֣וּם
vayemalum
“and they filled them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-mal-UM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mal-OOHM
- IPA
- /vajəmalˈʔuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they filled them
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-mal-UM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-mal-UM la-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-ye-LEKH HU va-a-na-SHA-v va-YAKH ba-pe-li-shi-TIM ma-TA-yim ISH va-ya-VE da-VID et-ar-lo-te-HEM va-ye-mal-UM la-ME-lekh le-hit-kha-TEN ba-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-ye-LEKH HU va-a-na-SHA-v va-YAKH ba-pe-li-shi-TIM ma-TA-yim ISH va-ya-VE da-VID et-ar-lo-te-HEM va-ye-mal-UM la-ME-lekh le-hit-kha-TEN ba-ME-lekh va-yit-TEN-LO sha-UL et-mi-KHAL bit-TO le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet in ʾet-ʿôrělōṯēhem {אֶת־עָרְלֹתֵיהֶם | ʾet ʿôrėlōṯēhem} flags the trophy, which the Piel perfect wayyəmalʾūm {וַיְמַלְא֣וּם | wayyəmalʾūm} ‘and they filled them’ completes quantitatively.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, complete”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:27
And David rose up and went out with his men, struck down two hundred Philistine soldiers, and brought their foreskins to present in full to the king for the marriage. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 18:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְמַלְא֣וּם (vayemalum) 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.18.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.27.W13.S1) and character.