2 Samuel 13:34:12 Sam.13.34.W1TAB
וַיִּבְרַ֖ח
vayivrakh
“and he fled”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-RAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihv-RAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he fled
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-RAKH
- clause
va-yiv-RAKH av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yiv-RAKH av-sha-LOM va-yis-SA ha-NA-ar ha-tso-FE et-e-NA-v e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE am-RAV hol-KHIM mid-DE-rekh a-kha-RAV mits-TSAD ha-HAR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect va-yib’rakh {וַיִּבְרַ֖ח | wayyib-raḥ} ‘and he fled’, marking sequential narrative action.
Root and etymology
b-r-ḥ
“to flee, escape”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:34
And Absalom fled. The young watchman lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, many people were coming by the road behind him, along the side of the hill .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:34, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְרַ֖ח (vayivrakh) 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.13.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.34.W1.S1) and character.