2 Samuel 13:29:12 Sam.13.29.W1TAB
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ
vayaasu
“and they did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they did
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' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU
- clause
va-ya-a-SU na-a-RE av-sha-LOM le-am-NON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU na-a-RE av-sha-LOM le-am-NON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA av-sha-LOM va-ya-KU-mu kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh va-yir-ke-VU ISH al-pir-DO va-ya-NU-su
Exegesis
The opening verb vayyaʿăśû {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayyaʿăśû} ‘and they did’ introduces the commissioned task.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:29
And the young men of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded, and all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule, and they fled .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:29, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ (vayaasu) 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.13.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.29.W1.S1) and character.