1 Samuel 20:24:11 Sam.20.24.W1TAB
וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר
vayissater
“and he hid himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-sa-TER
- Extended
- vah-yihs-sah-TEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.saˈteːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hid himself
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-sa-TER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID
- clause
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID ba-sa-DE va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
Exegesis
The narrative relies on the vav consecutive imperfect to sequence events, first in vayyiṣṭōr {וַיִּסְתֹּר | wayyiṣṭōr} ‘and he hid’, then in wayyəḥî {וַיְהִי | wayyəḥî} ‘and it was’, and wayyēšev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | wayyēšev} ‘and he sat’.
Root and etymology
s-t-rsamach–tav–resh
“to hide, conceal”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:24
And David hid in the field, and the month came, and the king sat down to eat.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר (vayissater) 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.20.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.24.W1.S1) and character.