1 Samuel 19:10:71 Sam.19.10.W7TAB
וַיִּפְטַר֙
vayiftar
“and he slipped away”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-TAR
- Extended
- vah-yihf-TAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈtˤar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he slipped away
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yif-TAR
- clause
va-ye-va-KESH sha-UL le-ha-KOT ba-kha-NIT be-da-VID u-va-KIR va-yif-TAR mi-pe-NE sha-UL va-YAKH ET-ha-kha-NIT ba-KIR
- sentence
va-ye-va-KESH sha-UL le-ha-KOT ba-kha-NIT be-da-VID u-va-KIR va-yif-TAR mi-pe-NE sha-UL va-YAKH ET-ha-kha-NIT ba-KIR ve-da-VID NAS va-yim-ma-LET ba-LAI-la HU
Exegesis
The subsequent Piel perfect vayyiphtar {וַיִּפְטַר֙ | wayyip̄ṭār} “and he escaped” shifts focus to David’s evasion, introduced by the preposition mippenei {מִפְּנֵ֣י | mippənê} “from before.”
Root and etymology
Rootpe–tet–resh
“to deliver, remove”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to strike David with the spear against the wall, but David evaded him, and Saul drove the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 19:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְטַר֙ (vayiftar) 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.19.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.10.W7.S1) and character.