2 Samuel 13:37:92 Sam.13.37.W9TAB
וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל
vayitabel
“and he mourned”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-a-BEL
- Extended
- vah-yihth-ah-BEEL
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ʔabˈbeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he mourned
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-a-BEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-a-BEL al-be-NO
- clause
va-yit-a-BEL al-be-NO kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-av-sha-LOM ba-RAKH va-YE-lekh el-tal-MAI ben-e-mi-khoD a-mi-HUD ME-lekh ge-SHUR va-yit-a-BEL al-be-NO kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The second clause shifts to David’s response with vayitabel {וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל | way-yit-ta-bel} ‘and he mourned’ (Hitpael imperfect), a reflexive stem denoting ongoing lament, governed by al-beno {עַל־בְּנ֖וֹ | ʿal-be-no} ‘over his son’ and modified by kol-hayamim {כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים | kol-ha-ya-mim} ‘all the days’, which marks duration. In English the narrative retains the Hebrew flow with conjunctions for vav-consecutives and renders perfect/imperfect verbal aspects in the simple past to preserve sequential storytelling.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–bet–lamed
“to mourn”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:37
And Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Amihud, king of Geshur; and David mourned for his son all the days.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 13:37, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל (vayitabel) 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.13.37.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.37.W9.S1) and character.