1 Samuel 18:5:131 Sam.18.5.W13TAB
וַיִּיטַב֙
vayitav
“and it was good”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-TAV
- Extended
- vah-yee-TAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiːˈtav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was good
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-TAV
- clause
va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL
- sentence
va-ye-TSE da-VID be-KHOL a-SHER yish-la-KHE-nu sha-UL yas-KEEL va-ye-si-ME-hu sha-UL AL an-SHE ha-mil-kha-MA va-yi-TAV be-e-NE KAL-ha-AM ve-GAM be-e-NE av-DE sha-UL
Exegesis
The narrative uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to indicate chronological progression: vayetze {וַיֵּצֵ֨א | wayyeṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’, vayyasimehu {וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ | wayyasimehû} ‘and he appointed him’, and vayyiṭāv {וַיִּיטַב֙ | wayyiṭāv} ‘and it was pleasing’.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:5
And David went out wherever Saul sent him and acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war , and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיטַב֙ (vayitav) 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.18.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W13.S1) and character.