2 Samuel 14:33:92 Sam.14.33.W9TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ
vayishtakhu
“and he bowed himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.taˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he bowed himself
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-KHU LO al-a-PAV
- clause
va-ya-VO yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh va-yag-GED-lo va-yik-RA el-av-sha-LOM va-ya-VO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yish-ta-KHU LO al-a-PAV AR-tse lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-VO yo-AV el-ha-ME-lekh va-yag-GED-lo va-yik-RA el-av-sha-LOM va-ya-VO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yish-ta-KHU LO al-a-PAV AR-tse lif-NE ha-ME-lekh va-yish-SAK ha-ME-lekh le-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyavo {וַיָּבֹא | váyyāḇōʾ} “and he came,” vayyaged-lô {וַיַּגֶּד־לוֹ | váyyagged-lô} “and he told him,” vayyikra {וַיִּקְרָא | váyyiqrā’} “and he called,” and vayyishtakhu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | váyyiştəḥû} “and he bowed down”—which drive the sequence of events.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:33
So Joab came to the king and told him; then he called for Absalom, and he came to the king and bowed himself with his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 14:33, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ (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.14.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.33.W9.S1) and character.