1 Samuel 20:3:11 Sam.20.3.W1TAB
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע
vayishshava
“and he swore”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-SHA-va
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-SHAH-vah
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈʃaː.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he swore
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-SHA-va
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-SHA-va OD
- clause
va-yish-SHA-va OD da-VID va-YO-mer ya-DO-a ya-DA-a a-VI-kha KI-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha va-YO-mer AL-ye-DA-ZOT ye-ho-na-TAN PEN-ye-A-tsev
- sentence
va-yish-SHA-va OD da-VID va-YO-mer ya-DO-a ya-DA-a a-VI-kha KI-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha va-YO-mer AL-ye-DA-ZOT ye-ho-na-TAN PEN-ye-A-tsev ve-u-LAM KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI naf-SHE-kha KI ke-FE-sa be-NI u-VEIN ha-MA-vet
Exegesis
The opening vav-consecutive form vayishbo‘a {וַיִּשְׁבֹּעַ | wayyishbōaʿ} introduces a solemn oath that is followed by another vav-consecutive clause vayōmer {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyōmer}, shifting to David’s speech.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ע
“to swear”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:3
And David swore and said, “Only your father knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved on my account.’ Yet truly, as I live , there is but a step between my life and death.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע (vayishshava) 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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.3.W1.S1) and character.