2 Samuel 14:4:82 Sam.14.4.W8TAB
וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ
vatishtakhu
“and she bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-tihshtah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃ.taˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-tish-ta-KHU
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The Hitpael form vattishtaḥū {וַתִּשְׁתָּחוּ | wat-tish-tā-ḥū} ‘and she bowed herself’ underscores voluntary humility.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and bowed herself, and she said, “Help, O king!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (vatishtakhu) 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.14.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.4.W8.S1) and character.