1 Samuel 19:17:91 Sam.19.17.W9TAB

וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט

vayimmalet

and he escaped

Transliteration
va-yim-ma-LET
Extended
vah-yihm-maa-LEHT
IPA
/vaj.jim.maːˈlɛːt/

Meaning by language

English
and he escaped

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּמ + מָּ + לֵ֑ט
va + yim + ma + let
vayimmalet

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
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yim-ma-LET

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

Exegesis

The marker ʼet-ʾōyvî {אֶת־אֹיְבִ֖י | ʼet-ʾōyvî} flags “my enemy” as object, which then piel-wise wayyimmāleṭ {וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט | wayyimmāleṭ} foregrounds the enemy’s escape.

Root and etymology

Rootmem–lamed–tet

to escape, slip away

In context1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy , so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט (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.19.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.17.W9.S1) and character.