1 Samuel 19:23:121 Sam.19.23.W12TAB
וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א
vayitnabe
“and he prophesied”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-na-BE
- Extended
- vah-yit-neh-nah-BEH
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.naˈbɛː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he prophesied
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-na-BE
- clause
va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH SHAM el-na-VIT ba-ra-MA va-te-HI a-LAV gam-HU RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-ye-LEKH ha-LOKH va-yit-na-BE ad-bo-O b-no-yit be-na-YOT ba-ra-MA
Exegesis
The next sequence uses vayyeilekh hālōwḵ {וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ | wayyēleḵ hālōwḵ} ‘and he walked about’, pairing the imperfect with a participle to stress continuous motion, and wayyiṯnabbēʾ {וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א | wayyiṯnabbēʾ} ‘and he prophesied’ in the Niphal stem to signal a prophetic utterance.
Root and etymology
n-b-ʾnun–bet–aleph
“to prophesy”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:23
Saul went there to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God was also upon him; and he walked about prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 19:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א (vayitnabe) 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.19.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.23.W12.S1) and character.