2 Samuel 13:2:12 Sam.13.2.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֨צֶר
vayetser
“and it distressed”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-tser
- Extended
- vah-YEE-tsehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːt͡sɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it distressed
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-tser
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-tser le-am-NON
- clause
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI
- sentence
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
Exegesis
The narrative begins with yetsar {וַיֵּ֨צֶר | wă-yē-ṣer} ‘became distressed’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that immediately situates Amnon’s emotional turmoil.
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-r
“inclination, impulse”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:2
And Amnon was distressed to the point of making himself ill because of Tamar, his sister, for she was a virgin , and it was difficult in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֨צֶר (vayetser) 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 Sam.13.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.2.W1.S1) and character.