1 Samuel 19:21:81 Sam.19.21.W8TAB
וַיֹּ֣סֶף
vayosef
“and he added or continued”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-sef
- Extended
- vah-YOH-sehf
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.sɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he added or continued
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YO-sef
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-sef sha-UL
- clause
va-YO-sef sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM she-li-SHIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma
- sentence
va-yag-GI-du le-sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM a-khe-RIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma va-YO-sef sha-UL va-yish-LAKH mal-e-KHIM she-li-SHIM va-yit-neb-BE-u gam-HE-ma
Exegesis
The insertion of vayosef {וַיֹּ֣סֶף | vā-yō-sêp̄} ‘and he persisted’ highlights Saul’s determination to break the prophetic influence. The English rendering maintains the Hebrew’s sequential and intensifying actions through coordinated clauses and temporal phrasing.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:21
And they informed Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Then Saul persisted and sent messengers a third time, and they also prophesied.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 19:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣סֶף (vayosef) 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.19.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.21.W8.S1) and character.