1 Samuel 18:8:11 Sam.18.8.W1TAB
וַיִּ֨חַר
vayikhar
“and he burned with anger”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-HAR
- Extended
- vah-yik-HAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned with anger
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL
- clause
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive qal imperfect verb wayyi-ḥar {וַיִּ֨חַר | wayyi-ḥar} ‘and he became angry’, linking Saul’s response to the prior episode.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-hChet–Resh–Heh
“to burn, be kindled (with anger)”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:8
And Saul was exceedingly angry, and this matter deeply displeased him. He said, “They have given to David tens of thousands, and to me only thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom ?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֨חַר (vayikhar) 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W1.S1) and character.