Psalm 18:14:1Ps.18.14.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:15
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAKH
- IPA
- /vajjiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-yish-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH khit-TSAI-v va-ye-fi-TSEM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khit-TSAI-v va-ye-fi-TSEM uv-ra-KIM RAV
Exegesis
The first vav-consecutive introduces vayishlach {וַיְשַׁלַּח | way-yiš-laḥ} ‘sent’, establishing the initial act, followed by the causative Hiphil form vayefitzem {וַיְפִיצֵם | way-ye-pi-ṭsēm} ‘scattered’, which intensifies the divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — Psalm 18:14
And He sent out His arrows and scattered them; He hurled many lightnings and confounded them.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (vayishlakh) 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 Ps.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.14.W1.S1) and character.