1 Samuel 20:41:101 Sam.20.41.W10TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙
vayishtakhu
“and bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.taˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bowed down
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU
- clause
ha-NA-ar BA ve-da-VID KAM me-E-tsel ha-NE-gev va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
- sentence
ha-NA-ar BA ve-da-VID KAM me-E-tsel ha-NE-gev va-yip-POL le-a-PAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yish-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu va-yiv-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu ad-da-VID hig-DIL
Exegesis
The paired Hitpael verbs vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | wayyištāḥû} and vayyishtahavu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ | wayyištahăwû} indicate reciprocal bowing.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:41
And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone on the south side, and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times; then they kissed one another and wept until David wept very much.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:41:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 20:41, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (vayishtakhu) 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.20.41.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.41.W10.S1) and character.