2 Samuel 16:6:12 Sam.16.6.W1TAB
וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל
vayesakel
“and he stoned”
- Transliteration
- va-yesa-KEL
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sah-KEHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jəsaˈqːeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stoned
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yesa-KEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yesa-KEL ba-a-va-NIM
- clause
va-yesa-KEL ba-a-va-NIM et-da-VID ve-et-kol-av-DE ha-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-yesa-KEL ba-a-va-NIM et-da-VID ve-et-kol-av-DE ha-ME-lekh da-VID ve-khol-ha-AM ve-khol-ha-gi-bo-RIM mi-mi-NO u-mis-se-MO-lo
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form vayesakel {וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל | va-ye-sa-qēl} ‘and he pelted’, establishing narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
s-k-lsamekh–qoph–lamed
“to stone or pelt”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:6
And he pelted David and all the servants of King David with stones, and all the people and all the mighty men on his right and on his left.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 16:6, so the Hebrew word וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל (vayesakel) 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.6.W1.S1) and character.