2 Samuel 17:19:72 Sam.17.19.W7TAB
וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח
vatishtakh
“and she spread out”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-TAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-TAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃˈtˤaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she spread out
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-tish-TAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tish-TAKH a-LAV
- 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 17:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 17:19, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁטַ֥ח (vatishtakh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.19.W7.S1) and character.