2 Kings 18:28:12 Kgs.18.28.W1TAB
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙
vayaamod
“and he stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-MOD
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕaˈmoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stood
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-MOD
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT va-ye-da-BER va-yo-MER shim-U de-var-ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The verse’s sequential vav-consecutive verbs—vaya'amod {וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ | va-ya-ʿă-mōḏ}, vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֥א | va-yik-rāʾ}, vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | va-ye-dā-ḇēr}, and vayomer {וַיֹּ֔אמֶר | va-yō-mer}—drive the historical narrative forward.
In context — 2 Kings 18:28
Then the chief cupbearer stood and called out in a loud voice in Judean , and he spoke and said, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (vayaamod) 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 Kgs.18.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.28.W1.S1) and character.