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

Result
וַ + יִּפְ + שַׁ֨ט
va + yif + shat
vayifshat

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-SHAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yif-SHAT gam-HU

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.