2 Chronicles 20:23:12 Chr.20.23.W1TAB
וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ
vayaamdu
“and they stood up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-am-DU
- Extended
- vah-yah-am-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕamˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they stood up
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-am-DU
- clause
va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID
- sentence
va-ya-am-DU be-NE a-MON u-mo-AV al-yo-she-VE har-se-IR le-ha-kha-RIM u-le-hash-MID u-khe-kha-lo-TAM be-yo-she-VE se-IR a-ze-RU ish-be-re-E-HU le-mash-KHIT
Exegesis
Hebrew narrative employs the vav–consecutive imperfect to drive the action, here in wayya‘madû {וַיַּעַמְדוּ | wə-ya‘madû} ‘and they rose up’.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Mem–Dalet
“to stand, take one’s position”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:23
The sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly destroy and annihilate them. And when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped each man his companion toward destruction .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 20:23, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ (vayaamdu) 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.20.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.23.W1.S1) and character.