2 Samuel 16:22:12 Sam.16.22.W1TAB
וַיַּטּ֧וּ
vayattu
“and they pitched”
- Transliteration
- va-yat-TU
- Extended
- vah-yat-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jatˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they pitched
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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yat-TU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM ha-O-hel al-ha-GAG
- sentence
va-yat-TU le-av-sha-LOM ha-O-hel al-ha-GAG va-ya-VO av-sha-LOM el-pi-lag-SHE a-VIV le-e-NE kol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative uses sequential actions marked by the vav-consecutive/Qal imperfect vayattu {וַיַּטּ֧וּ | va-yyā-ṭû} ‘and they pitched’ followed by the vav-consecutive/Qal imperfect vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | va-yā-ḇōʼ} ‘and he came’.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:22
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 16:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּטּ֧וּ (vayattu) 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.16.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.22.W1.S1) and character.