1 Samuel 22:20:11 Sam.22.20.W1TAB
וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט
vayimmalet
“and escaped”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-ma-LET
- Extended
- vah-yihm-mah-LEHT
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.maˈlɛːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and escaped
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-ma-LET
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-ma-LET ben-e-KHAD
- clause
va-yim-ma-LET ben-e-KHAD la-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV u-she-MO ev-ya-TAR
- sentence
va-yim-ma-LET ben-e-KHAD la-a-khi-ME-lekh ben-a-khi-TUV u-she-MO ev-ya-TAR va-yiv-RAKH a-kha-RE da-VID
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Nifal imperfect verb vayyimmalet {וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט | way·yi·mâ·leṭ} ‘and escaped’, where the vav-consecutive conveys narrative continuity.
Root and etymology
m-l-ṭm-l-ṭ
“to slip away, escape”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:20
But one son of Ahimelech , son of Ahitub, escaped; his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 22:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט (vayimmalet) 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.22.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.20.W1.S1) and character.