1 Samuel 20:33:11 Sam.20.33.W1TAB
וַיָּ֨טֶל
vayatel
“and he hurled”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-teL
- Extended
- vah-YAA-tehl
- IPA
- /vajˈtˤeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hurled
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-teL
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-teL sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT
- clause
va-YA-teL sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT a-LAV le-ha-KO-to
- sentence
va-YA-teL sha-UL ET-ha-kha-NIT a-LAV le-ha-KO-to va-ye-DA ye-ho-na-TAN KI-kha-LA HI me-IM a-VIV le-ha-MIT ET-da-VID
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect vayetal {וַיְטַל | way·yə·ṭal} ‘and he hurled,’ signaling narrative progression.
Root and etymology
י־ט־ל
“to cast, throw”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:33
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to strike him, and Jonathan knew that his father desired to put David to death.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:33, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨טֶל (vayatel) 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.20.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.33.W1.S1) and character.