2 Samuel 15:27:122 Sam.15.27.W12TAB
וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן
viyonatan
“and Jonathan”
- Transliteration
- vi-yo-na-TAN
- Extended
- vih-yoh-nah-TAHN
- IPA
- /vijoːnaˈθaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Jonathan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-yo-na-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR
- clause
va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The coordinated names va-akhimaatz bincha {וַאֲחִימַ֨עַץ בִּנְךָ | wa-ʼăḥîmāʿaṣ binḵā} and viyehonatan ben-Evyatar {וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֛ר | wîyhōnāṯān ben ʼĕvīyāṯār} enumerate participants, and the construct chain sh’nei beneikhem ittkhem {שְׁנֵ֥י בְּנֵיכֶ֖ם אִתְּכֶֽם | šᵊnê benêḵem ʼittəkem} underscores possession and accompaniment. This syntax links recognition of prophetic authority with the directive to return safely.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:27
And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace , and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן (viyonatan) 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.15.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W12.S1) and character.