1 Samuel 19:8:11 Sam.19.8.W1TAB
וַתּ֥וֹסֶף
vatosef
“and she or it added, and it continued”
- Transliteration
- va-to-SEF
- Extended
- vah-toh-SEHF
- IPA
- /vat.toˈsef/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she or it added, and it continued
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-to-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT
- sentence
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive verb vattosef {וַתּ֥וֹסֶף | waṯ-ṯô-séph} ‘she resumed,’ indicating that hostilities recommenced.
Root and etymology
y-s-pyod–samekh–pe
“to add, continue”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:8
The battle continued again, and David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them a great blow , so they fled from before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַתּ֥וֹסֶף (vatosef) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.8.W1.S1) and character.