2 Samuel 15:21:12 Sam.15.21.W1TAB
וַיַּ֧עַן
vayaan
“and answered”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-an
- Extended
- vah-YAH-an
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and answered
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 | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-an
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an i-TAI
- clause
va-YA-an i-TAI et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-YA-an i-TAI et-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MAR khai-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KI im-bi-me-KOM a-SHER yih-ye-SHAM a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-le-MA-vet im-le-kha-YIM ki-SHAM yih-YE av-de-KHA
Exegesis
vayyaʽăn {וַיַּעַן | wayyaʽăn} ‘and he answered’ and wayyoʾmar {וַיֹּאמַר | wayyoʾmar} ‘and he said’ introduce direct speech.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:21
And Ittai answered the king and said, “As the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, that is where your servant will be.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:21, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֧עַן (vayaan) 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.15.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.21.W1.S1) and character.