1 Samuel 19:15:11 Sam.19.15.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח
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 et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL et-ha-mal-a-KHIM lir-OT et-da-VID le-MOR ha-a-LU o-TO va-mit-TA e-LAI la-ha-mi-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wə-yish-lā-ḥ} ‘and he sent’, establishing sequential narrative action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–ḥet
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:15
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him to me on the bed so that I may kill him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (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.19.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.15.W1.S1) and character.