2 Samuel 17:26:12 Sam.17.26.W1TAB
וַיִּ֤חַן
vayikhan
“and encamped”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAN
- Extended
- vah-yih-KHAHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈħan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and encamped
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAN yis-ra-EL ve-av-sha-LOM E-rets ha-gil-AD
Exegesis
The vav consecutive imperfect vayyiḥān {וַיִּ֤חַן | vayyiḳ-ḥān} ‘and he camped’ marks a sequential event in the military narrative.
In context — 2 Samuel 17:26
Then Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 17:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֤חַן (vayikhan) 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.17.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.26.W1.S1) and character.