2 Samuel 15:9:52 Sam.15.9.W5TAB
וַיָּ֖קָם
vayakam
“and he arose”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-KAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he arose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KAM
- clause
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
- sentence
va-YO-mer-LO ha-ME-lekh LEKH be-sha-LOM va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH khev-ro-NA
Exegesis
The verse features three vav-consecutive verbs—vayomer {וַיֹּֽאמֶר | vāyōʾmer} ‘and he said’, vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | vāyāqām} ‘and he rose’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vāyēleḵ} ‘and he went’—driving the narrative forward.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:9
The king said to him, “Go with peace .” Then he rose and journeyed to Hebron.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֖קָם (vayakam) 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.15.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.9.W5.S1) and character.