1 Samuel 20:30:11 Sam.20.30.W1TAB

וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף

vayikharaf

and {the} anger burned

Transliteration
va-yikhar-AF
Extended
vah-yih-khar-AHF
IPA
/vaj.jiˈħar.ʔaf/

Meaning by language

English
and {the} anger burned

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
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yikhar-AF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL

  3. clause

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan

  4. sentence

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiḥar {וַיִּחַר | wayyīḥar} ‘and he burned,’ compounded with sha’ul {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl} to signal Saul’s sudden wrath.

Root and etymology

y-ḥ-ryod–ḥet–resh

to burn with anger

In context1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul’s anger flared against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman ! Did I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness ?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף (vayikharaf) 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.20.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.30.W1.S1) and character.