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
| 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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yikhar-AF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL
- clause
va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan
- 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 context — 1 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.