1 Samuel 19:8:61 Sam.19.8.W6TAB
וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם
vayillakhem
“and he fought”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-LA-khem
- Extended
- vah-yihl-LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈlaːħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he fought
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-LA-khem
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM
- clause
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
- 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
A rapid series of vav consecutive verbs—vayetse {וַיֵּצֵ֨א | way-yê-ṣēʾ} ‘he went out,’ vayilachem {וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם | way-yil-lā-ḥêm} ‘he fought,’ vayakh {וַיַּךְ | way-yakk} ‘he struck,’ and vayanusu {וַיָּנֻסוּ | way-yan-nû-sû} ‘they fled’—advances the narrative swiftly.
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 19:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם (vayillakhem) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.8.W6.S1) and character.