2 Samuel 17:18:152 Sam.17.18.W15TAB
וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ
vayerdu
“and they went down”
- Transliteration
- va-yer-DU
- Extended
- vah-yeer-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːrˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went down
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yer-DU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yer-DU SHAM
- clause
va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
- sentence
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM va-yel-KHU she-NE-hem me-he-RA va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ISH be-va-khu-RIM ve-LO be-ER ba-kha-tse-RO va-yer-DU SHAM
Exegesis
Finally, vayyērḏû šām {וַיֵּרְדוּ שָׁם | wă-yyēr-ḏû šām} ‘and they went down there’ completes the sequence, portraying concealment and urgency.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:18
A young man saw them and told Absalom. Then the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim; he had a well in his courtyard , and they went down there.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥רְדוּ (vayerdu) 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.17.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W15.S1) and character.