2 Samuel 13:32:12 Sam.13.32.W1TAB

וַיַּ֡עַן

vayaan

and answered

Transliteration
va-YA-an
Extended
vah-YA-ahn
IPA
/vajˈja.ʕan/

Meaning by language

English
and answered

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֡ + עַן
va + ya + an
vayaan

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YA-an

  2. clause

    va-YA-an yo-na-DAV ben-shim-A a-khi-da-VID va-yo-MER al-yo-MAR a-do-NI ET kol-ha-ne-a-RIM be-NE-ha-ME-lekh he-MI-tu ki-am-NON le-vad-DO MET

  3. sentence

    va-YA-an yo-na-DAV ben-shim-A a-khi-da-VID va-yo-MER al-yo-MAR a-do-NI ET kol-ha-ne-a-RIM be-NE-ha-ME-lekh he-MI-tu ki-am-NON le-vad-DO MET ki-al-PI av-sha-LOM ha-ye-TA su-MA mi-YOM a-NO-to ET ta-MAR a-kho-TO

Exegesis

vayomer {וַיַּעַן … וַיֹּאמֶר | wə-yā-‘an … wə-yō-me-r} ‘and he answered … and he said’, a hallmark of Hebrew narrative dialogue.

In context2 Samuel 13:32

Then Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord say that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by Absalom’s plan it was set from the day he afflicted Tamar his sister.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 13:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:32, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֡עַן (vayaan) 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.13.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.32.W1.S1) and character.