1 Samuel 19:14:11 Sam.19.14.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM la-KHA-khat et-da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM la-KHA-khat et-da-VID va-to-MER kho-LEH HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | wayyiš·lāḥ} signaling sequential past action.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:14
Then Saul dispatched messengers to capture David, and she said, “He is ill .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (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.19.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.14.W1.S1) and character.