2 Samuel 14:23:12 Sam.14.23.W1TAB
וַיָּ֥קָם
vayakam
“and he arose”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-KAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he arose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM yo-AV
- clause
va-ya-KAM yo-AV va-ye-LEKH ge-shu-RA
- sentence
va-ya-KAM yo-AV va-ye-LEKH ge-shu-RA va-ya-VE et-av-sha-LOM ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The verse employs a rapid succession of vav-consecutive verbs—vayaqam {וַיָּ֥קָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he rose’, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, vayave {וַיָּבֵ֥א | wayyāḇēʾ} ‘and he brought’—to accelerate narrative momentum.
Root and etymology
q-w-mqof–waw–mem
“to arise, stand”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:23
Then Joab arose and went to Geshur , and he brought Absalom to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:23, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥קָם (vayakam) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.23.W1.S1) and character.