2 Samuel 14:22:52 Sam.14.22.W5TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
vayishtakhu
“and bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-teh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.taˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bowed down
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- clause
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU va-ye-va-REKH et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yi-POL yo-AV el-pa-NAV AR-tsa va-yish-ta-KHU va-ye-va-REKH et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER yo-AV ha-YOM ya-DA av-de-KHA ki-ma-tsa-TI KHEN be-e-NE-kha a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh a-sher-a-SA ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR av-DO av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The narrative employs a chain of vav-consecutive verbs—vayipol {וַיִּפֹּל֩ | wayyippōl} ‘and he fell’, vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | wayyištaḥû} ‘and he bowed down’, and vayevarekh {וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ | wayyəḇāreḵ} ‘and he blessed’—to convey immediate sequential action.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:22
And Joab fell on his face to the ground and bowed down, and he blessed the king. Then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king , because the king has fulfilled the word of his servant.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 14:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.14.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.22.W5.S1) and character.