1 Samuel 23:13:161 Sam.23.13.W16TAB
וַיֶּחְדַּ֖ל
vayekheddal
“and he ceased”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHED-dal
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEHD-dahl
- IPA
- /vaj.jeħdˈdal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he ceased
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHED-dal
- clause
u-le-sha-UL hu-GAD ki-nim-LAT da-VID mik-ke-i-LA va-ye-KHED-dal la-TSET
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID va-a-na-SHAI-v ke-SHESH-me-OT ISH va-ye-TSU mik-ke-la va-yit-he-ha-le-KHU ba-a-SHER yit-he-ha-LA-khu u-le-sha-UL hu-GAD ki-nim-LAT da-VID mik-ke-i-LA va-ye-KHED-dal la-TSET
Exegesis
The final vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayichdal {וַיִּחְדַּל | va-yich-dal} with infinitive latseit {לָצֵאת | lā-ṣē-ʾṯ} marks the cessation of outbound action, which is rendered in both translations as coordinated verbs to preserve the Hebrew narrative flow.
In context — 1 Samuel 23:13
So David and his men , about six hundred, rose up and left Keilah, going wherever they were able. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he stopped going out.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 23:13, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחְדַּ֖ל (vayekheddal) 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.23.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.13.W16.S1) and character.