1 Samuel 18:7:11 Sam.18.7.W1TAB
וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה
vataanena
“and they answered”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-a-ne-NA
- Extended
- vah-ta-ah-neh-NAH
- IPA
- /vat.ta.ʕăneːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they answered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-a-ne-NA
- clause
va-ta-a-ne-NA ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT va-to-MAR-na
- sentence
va-ta-a-ne-NA ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT va-to-MAR-na hi-KA sha-UL ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form vataanenah {וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה | vattəʿănēnāh} ‘and they answered’, which sets up a responsive refrain.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:7
And the women who played answered and said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה (vataanena) 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.18.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.7.W1.S1) and character.