1 Samuel 18:8:41 Sam.18.8.W4TAB
וַיֵּ֤רַע
vayera
“and it was bad”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was bad
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v
- 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 following vav-consecutive way-yē-ra‘ {וַיֵּ֤רַע | way-yē-ra‘} ‘and it was displeasing’, together with the idiom bə-‘ê-nav {בְּעֵינָיו | bə-‘ê-nav} ‘in his eyes’, conveys subjective displeasure.
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 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤רַע (vayera) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W4.S1) and character.