1 Samuel 19:11:11 Sam.19.11.W1TAB

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩

vayishlakh

and he sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yihsh-LAAKH
IPA
/vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and he sent

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַח֩
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vāyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ | vayyšlāḥ} ‘and he sent’, initiating a past action.

Root and etymology

š-l-ḥshin–lamed–ḥet

to send

In context1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (vayishlakh) 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W1.S1) and character.