2 Samuel 15:17:52 Sam.15.17.W5TAB
וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ
vayaamdu
“and they stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-am-DU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahm-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕamˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they stood
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-am-DU
- clause
va-ya-am-DU BET ha-mer-KHAK
- sentence
va-ye-TSAY ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-ha-AM be-rag-LAIV va-ya-am-DU BET ha-mer-KHAK
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive wayyaamdu {וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ | wayyaʿamḏû} ‘and they stood’ continues the narrative immediacy.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:17
And the king went out, and all the people traveled on foot . They halted at the last house .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַמְד֖וּ (vayaamdu) 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.15.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.17.W5.S1) and character.