1 Samuel 23:5:71 Sam.23.5.W7TAB
וַיִּנְהַג֙
vayinhag
“and he drove away”
- Transliteration
- va-yin-hag
- Extended
- vah-yihn-hahg
- IPA
- /vaj.jinˈhag/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he drove away
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yin-hag
- clause
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ke-i-LA va-yil-la-KHEM ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yin-hag et-mik-ne-HEM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH da-VID va-a-na-SHAV ke-i-LA va-yil-la-KHEM ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yin-hag et-mik-ne-HEM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-yo-SHA da-VID ET yo-she-VE ke-i-LA
Exegesis
The narrative employs a series of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs to convey sequential action (vayyelek {וַיֵּלֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, vayilachem {וַיִּלָּחֶם | wayyillāḥem} ‘and he fought’, vayanheg {וַיְנַהֵג | wayyenaheg} ‘and he led away’, vayyak {וַיַּךְ | wayyāk} ‘and he struck’, vayosha {וַיֹּשַׁע | wayyōšāʿ} ‘and he delivered’).
In context — 1 Samuel 23:5
David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines ; they carried off their livestock and struck them with a great blow . Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 23:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּנְהַג֙ (vayinhag) 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.23.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.5.W7.S1) and character.