1 Samuel 22:20:71 Sam.22.20.W7TAB
וַיִּבְרַ֖ח
vayivrakh
“and fled”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-RAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihv-RAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fled
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-RAKH
- clause
va-yiv-RAKH a-kha-RE da-VID
- 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 Qal imperfect vayyivrach {וַיִּבְרַ֖ח | way·yi·brâḥ} ‘and he fled’ followed by the prepositional phrase acharei david {אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִד | ʾă·ḥa·rê dā·wiḏ} ‘after David’ indicates allegiance. English rendering shifts from Hebrew verb-subject order to subject-verb for clarity while preserving the sequence of events.
Root and etymology
b-r-ḥb-r-ḥ
“to flee, run away”
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 22:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 22:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְרַ֖ח (vayivrakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.20.W7.S1) and character.