1 Samuel 21:13:41 Sam.21.13.W4TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:14
וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל
vayitholel
“and he acted like a madman”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-ho-LEL
- Extended
- vah-yit-hoh-LEHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.hoːˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he acted like a madman
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-ho-LEL
- clause
va-yesh-NU et-TA-e-mo be-e-NE-ye-hem va-yit-ho-LEL be-ya-DAM
- sentence
va-yesh-NU et-TA-e-mo be-e-NE-ye-hem va-yit-ho-LEL be-ya-DAM va-ye-TAV al-DAL-te-vot ha-SHA-ar va-yo-RED ri-RO el-ze-KA-no
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive Hitpael vayithallal {וַיִּתְהַלָּל | wayyiṯ-hallāl} ‘and he behaved crazily’, indicating a deliberate act of deception.
Root and etymology
h-l-lheh–lamed–lamed
“to behave wildly”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:13
And he changed his behavior before them and behaved crazily in their eyes as a madman; he scratched marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down upon his beard while he was in their hands .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְהֹלֵ֖ל (vayitholel) 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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.13.W4.S1) and character.