1 Samuel 19:11:91 Sam.19.11.W9TAB
וַתַּגֵּ֣ד
vatagged
“and she told”
- Transliteration
- va-tag-GED
- Extended
- vah-tahg-GEED
- IPA
- /vat.tagˈgeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she told
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tag-GED
- phraseyour reading level
va-tag-GED le-da-VID
- clause
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
- 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
A shift in subject occurs with vattagēd {וַתַּגֵּ֣ד | vattagēḏ} ‘and she warned’, introducing direct speech via lēʾmōr {לֵאמֹ֔ר | lēʾmōr}.
In context — 1 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 19:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word וַתַּגֵּ֣ד (vatagged) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W9.S1) and character.