1 Samuel 18:5:71 Sam.18.5.W7TAB
יַשְׂכִּ֔יל
yaskeel
“he would act wisely or prosper”
- Transliteration
- yas-KEEL
- Extended
- yahs-KEEL
- IPA
- /jasˈkiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he would act wisely or prosper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yas-KEEL
- clause
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
- 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 Hiphil stem of yaskil {יַשְׂכִּ֔יל | yaśkîl} conveys repeated prudent success.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–kaf–lamed
“to act wisely”
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 18:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:5, so the Hebrew word יַשְׂכִּ֔יל (yaskeel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.5.W7.S1) and character.