2 Samuel 15:1:42 Sam.15.1.W4TAB
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS LO
- clause
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The verb complex way-yaʿăś lō Avshalom {וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ אַבְשָׁלוֹם | way-yaʿăś lō av-šā-lōm} ‘and Absalom made for himself’ uses the reflexive suffix to indicate initiative.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this , that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.15.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.1.W4.S1) and character.