2 Samuel 18:15:12 Sam.18.15.W1TAB
וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙
vayasobu
“and they surrounded”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SO-bu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SOH-boo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈsoː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they surrounded
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SO-bu
- clause
va-ya-SO-bu a-sa-RA ne-a-RIM no-se-E ke-LE yo-AV
- sentence
va-ya-SO-bu a-sa-RA ne-a-RIM no-se-E ke-LE yo-AV va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM va-ye-mi-TU-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb vayasobu {וַיָּסֹבּוּ | wayyāsôḇû} ‘and they surrounded’, marked by the vav consecutive indicating sequence.
Root and etymology
s-v-bsamekh–vav–bet
“to turn, encircle”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:15
Then ten young men , the armor-bearers of Joab, surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ (vayasobu) 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.15.W1.S1) and character.