2 Samuel 13:29:112 Sam.13.29.W11TAB
וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּ
vayirkevu
“and they rode”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-ke-VU
- Extended
- vah-yir-keh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jir.kəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they rode
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-ke-VU
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh va-yir-ke-VU ISH al-pir-DO va-ya-NU-su
- 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 subsequent verbs wayyāqūmū {וַיָּקֻמוּ | wayyāqūmū} ‘and they arose’, wayyirkəḇū {וַיִּרְכְּבוּ | wayyirkəḇū} ‘and they rode’, and wayyānūsū {וַיָּנֻסוּ | wayyānūsū} ‘and they fled’ form a tight sequence.
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 13:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:29, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּ (vayirkevu) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.29.W11.S1) and character.