1 Samuel 18:5:161 Sam.18.5.W16TAB
וְגַ֕ם
vegam
“and also”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAM
- Extended
- veh-GAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈɣam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-GAM
- 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
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 18:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְגַ֕ם (vegam) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W16.S1) and character.