2 Chronicles 18:34:132 Chr.18.34.W13TAB
וַיָּ֕מָת
vayamat
“and he died”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-MAT
- Extended
- vah-yah-MAAT
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈmaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he died
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-MAT
- clause
va-ya-MAT le-ET BO ha-sha-MESH
- sentence
va-ta-AL ha-mil-kha-MA ba-YOM ha-HU u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-YA ma-a-mi-ID ba-mer-ka-VA NO-khakh a-RAM ad-ha-A-rev va-ya-MAT le-ET BO ha-sha-MESH
Exegesis
The final clause vayamat le‘et bo hashemesh {וַיָּ֕מָת לְעֵ֖ת בּ֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ | wa-yāmaṯ le-‘ēṯ bôʾ ha-šāmeš} employs an infinitive construct to signal sunset. The coordinated clause structure preserves the Hebrew’s sequence.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:34
The battle grew stronger that day, and the king of Israel kept himself upright in his chariot facing Aram until evening; and at the time when the sun went down he died.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:34, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֕מָת (vayamat) 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 2 Chr.18.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.34.W13.S1) and character.