1 Samuel 19:12:81 Sam.19.12.W8TAB
וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃
vayimmalet
“and he escaped”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-ma-LET
- Extended
- vah-yihm-maa-LEET
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.maːˈleːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he escaped
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-ma-LET
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-yiv-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET
- sentence
va-TO-red mi-KHAL ET-da-VID be-AD ha-kha-LON va-ye-LEKH va-yiv-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive on four sequential verbs (vatored {וַתֹּ֧רֶד | vaṯ·tō·reḏ}, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | va·yē·leḵ}, vayivrah {וַיִּבְرַ֖ח | va·yiv·raḥ}, vayimalet {וַיִּמָּלֵֽט | va·yim·ma·leṭ}) to convey rapid action.
Root and etymology
m-l-ṭmem–lamed–ṭet
“to escape, slip away”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:12
And Michal let David down through the window , and he went, fled, and escaped .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 19:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃ (vayimmalet) 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.19.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.12.W8.S1) and character.