1 Samuel 19:24:11 Sam.19.24.W1TAB
וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ט
vayifshat
“and he stripped off”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-SHAT
- Extended
- vah-yihf-SHAT
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈʃaṭ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stripped off
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-SHAT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-SHAT gam-HU
- clause
va-yif-SHAT gam-HU be-ga-DAV va-yit-na-BE gam-HU lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yi-POL a-ROM kol-ha-YOM ha-HU ve-khol-ha-LAI-la
- sentence
va-yif-SHAT gam-HU be-ga-DAV va-yit-na-BE gam-HU lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yi-POL a-ROM kol-ha-YOM ha-HU ve-khol-ha-LAI-la al-KEN yo-me-RU ha-GAM sha-UL ban-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav consecutive to mark sequential actions in wayyipshat {וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ט | wayyiṣpaṭ} and wayyitnabbe {וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֤א | wayyitnabbēʾ}, emphasizing Saul’s entrance into prophetic behavior.
Root and etymology
p-sh-ṭp–sh–t
“to strip off”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:24
And he also stripped off his garments and also prophesied before Samuel; and he lay naked all that day and all that night. Therefore, they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ט (vayifshat) 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.19.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.24.W1.S1) and character.