2 Samuel 17:18:42 Sam.17.18.W4TAB
וַיַּגֵּ֖ד
vayagged
“and he told”
- Transliteration
- va-yag-GED
- Extended
- vah-yahg-GEED
- IPA
- /vaj.jagˈgeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he told
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yag-GED
- clause
va-YAR-e o-TAM NA-ar va-yag-GED le-av-sha-LOM
- 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
The narrative uses vav-consecutive verbs—vayyār {וַיַּרְא | wă-yyār} ‘and he saw’ and vayyāgēḏ {וַיַּגֵּד | wă-yyā-ḡēḏ} ‘and he told’—to mark sequence.
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 17:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (vayagged) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.18.W4.S1) and character.