2 Samuel 14:30:132 Sam.14.30.W13TAB
וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ
vayatstsitu
“and they set on fire”
- Transliteration
- va-yats-tsi-TU
- Extended
- vah-yahts-tsee-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jat͡s.t͡siˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they set on fire
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yats-tsi-TU
- clause
va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
- sentence
va-yo-MER el-a-va-DAIV re-U KHEL-kat yo-AV el-ya-DI ve-LO-SHAM se-o-RIM le-KHU ve-ho-tse-TI-ya ve-hats-si-TU-ha va-ESH va-yats-tsi-TU av-DE av-sha-LOM et-ha-khel-KA ba-ESH
Exegesis
The narrative resumes past action in the vav consecutive vayatsitu {וַיַּצִּתוּ | wayyat-tsî-tû} ‘and they set on fire’, with avdei Avshalom {עַבְדֵי אַבְשָׁלֹם | ʿav-dê ʾav-shā-lōm} ‘Absalom’s servants’ as subject and et-ha-chelka {אֶת־הַחֶלְקָה | ʾet-ha-ḥel-qāh} marking the definite object ‘the field’, completed by the phrase ba-esh {בָּאֵשׁ | bā-ʾēš} ‘with fire’. The repetition of causative forms underscores the deliberate act of arson.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:30
And he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ (vayatstsitu) 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.14.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.30.W13.S1) and character.