2 Samuel 18:15:92 Sam.18.15.W9TAB
וַיְמִתֻֽהוּ׃
vayemituhu
“and they killed him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-mi-TU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mih-TUH-hoo
- IPA
- /vajəmiˈtuː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they killed him
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-mi-TU-hu
- clause
va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM va-ye-mi-TU-hu
- 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
Finally, the paired verbs vayyaku {וַיַּכּוּ | wayyāḵû} ‘struck’ and vayemituhu {וַיְמִתֻהוּ | wayyamittûhû} ‘killed him’ deliver a rapid climactic action, with the English ordering preserving the Hebrew’s subject-fronted sequence and two-stage violence.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–vav–tav
“to die”
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 18:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְמִתֻֽהוּ׃ (vayemituhu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.15.W9.S1) and character.