1 Samuel 20:36:121 Sam.20.36.W12TAB
וְה֣וּא־יָרָ֔ה
vehuyara
“and he shot”
- Transliteration
- ve-HU-YA-ra
- Extended
- veh-HOO-YAA-rah
- IPA
- /wəˈhuː.jaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he shot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HU-YA-ra
- phraseyour reading level
RATS ve-HU-YA-ra
- clause
ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
Root and etymology
Rooty-r-h
“to shoot, throw, cast”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:36
Then he said to the boy , “Run and find the arrows that I will shoot.” And the boy ran, and he shot an arrow beyond him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:36:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 20:36, so the Hebrew word וְה֣וּא־יָרָ֔ה (vehuyara) 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.20.36.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.36.W12.S1) and character.