1 Samuel 18:27:51 Sam.18.27.W5TAB
וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו
vaanashav
“and his men”
- Transliteration
- va-a-na-SHA-v
- Extended
- vah-ah-nah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vaʔănaːˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-na-SHA-v
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH HU va-a-na-SHA-v
- 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 coordinated subject phrase hûʾ waʾănāšāyw {ה֣וּא וַאֲנָשָׁיו | hûʾ waʾănāšāyw} ‘he and his men’ frames the participants before the martial verb wayyak {וַיַּךְ | wayyak} ‘and he struck.’
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–nun–shin
“man”
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 18:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:27, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו (vaanashav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.27.W5.S1) and character.