2 Samuel 13:7:12 Sam.13.7.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH da-VID
- clause
va-yish-LAKH da-VID el-ta-MAR ha-BBAI-ta le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH da-VID el-ta-MAR ha-BBAI-ta le-MOR le-KHI NA BET am-ne-NON a-KHI-kh va-a-SI-LO ha-bir-YA
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb wayyišlāḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’, marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
Rootš-l-ḥ
“to send”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:7
And David sent to Tamar at the house, saying, “Go, please, to the house of Amnon your brother, and prepare the food for him.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (vayishlakh) 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.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.7.W1.S1) and character.