1 Samuel 20:41:161 Sam.20.41.W16TAB
וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ
vayivkeku
“and they wept”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KE-ku
- Extended
- vah-yihv-KEH-koo
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they wept
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KE-ku
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-KE-ku ISH
- clause
va-yish-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu va-yiv-KE-ku ISH et-RE-e-hu ad-da-VID hig-DIL
- 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
Vayyishku ha-shenayim {וַיִּשְׁקוּ הַשְּׁנַיִם | wayyišqû ha-šnayin} ‘and the two kissed’ expresses affection, and the sequence ve-hemah bakhû ve-dawid bakhah bemeod {וְהֵמָּה בָּכוּ וְדָוִד בָּכָה בְּמְאֹד | wə-hē-māh bā-kû wə-dāwîḏ bā-kāh bə-mə’ōḏ} ‘and they wept and David wept very much’ intensifies the emotional climax.
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 20:41:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 20:41, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ (vayivkeku) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.41.W16.S1) and character.