1 Samuel 19:18:71 Sam.19.18.W7TAB
וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ
vayaggedlo
“and told him”
- Transliteration
- va-yag-GED-lo
- Extended
- vah-yahg-GEHD-loh
- IPA
- /vaj.jagˈgɛd.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and told him
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yag-GED-lo
- clause
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL
- sentence
ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT
Exegesis
The narrative progression is marked by the vav consecutive verbs wayyāḇōʾ {וַיָּבֹ֤א | way-yā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, wayyaggēḏ-lō {וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ | way-yag-gēd-lō} ‘and he told him’, and wayyēleḵ {וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, indicating sequential action.
Root and etymology
g-g-dgimel–gimel–dalet
“to tell”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:18
And David fled and escaped , and he came to Samuel at Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and they stayed in the dwellings at Naioth.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ (vayaggedlo) 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.19.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.18.W7.S1) and character.