2 Samuel 17:19:32 Sam.17.19.W3TAB
וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ
vatifros
“and she spread”
- Transliteration
- va-tif-ROS
- Extended
- vah-tihf-ROHS
- IPA
- /vat.tifˈroːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she spread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tif-ROS
- phraseyour reading level
va-tif-ROS et-ha-ma-SAKH
- clause
va-tik-KAKH ha-ish-SHA va-tif-ROS et-ha-ma-SAKH al-pe-NE hab-be-ER va-tish-TAKH a-LAV ha-ri-FOT
- sentence
va-tik-KAKH ha-ish-SHA va-tif-ROS et-ha-ma-SAKH al-pe-NE hab-be-ER va-tish-TAKH a-LAV ha-ri-FOT ve-LO no-Da da-VAR
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative uses vav-consecutive imperfect verbs to set a sequence of actions: vatikkach {וַתִּקַּח | vat-ti-qqā-ḥ} ‘and she took’, vatipros {וַתִּפְרֹשׂ | vat-ti-prôš} ‘and she spread’, and vattishtach {וַתִּשְׁטַח | vat-ti-šṭā-ḥ} ‘and she strewed’.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:19
Then the woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered the grain upon it, and nothing was known about the matter.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַתִּפְרֹ֤שׂ (vatifros) 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.17.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.19.W3.S1) and character.