Psalm 18:40:1Ps.18.40.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:41
וְֽאֹיְבַ֥י
veoyvai
“and my enemies”
- Transliteration
- ve-OY-vaI
- Extended
- veh-OY-vahI
- IPA
- /vəʔoj.vaˈj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-OY-vaI
- sentence
ve-OY-vaI na-TA-ta le-O-ref LI u-me-sa-ne-AI ats-mi-TEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve’ayvai {וְאַיְבַּי | wə-ʾō-ye-ḇái} as the direct object of natattah {נָתַתָּה | nā-ta-ṯā}, “You have given.”
Root and etymology
א־י־ב
“enemy”
In context — Psalm 18:40
And You gave me the neck of my enemies, and You destroyed those who hated me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:40, so the Hebrew word וְֽאֹיְבַ֥י (veoyvai) 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.18.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.40.W1.S1) and character.