2 Samuel 18:17:72 Sam.18.17.W7TAB
וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ
vayatsivu
“and they set up”
- Transliteration
- va-yat-si-VU
- Extended
- vah-yat-see-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jatsˈtsiː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they set up
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yat-si-VU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yat-si-VU a-LAV
- clause
va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential vav-consecutive form vayekachu {וַיְקָחוּ | vā·yĕ·qā·ḥû} “and they took,” followed by two coordinated vav-consecutives, vayashlichu {וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ | va·yə·šli·ḵû} “and they threw” and vayatzi’vu {וַיַּצִּבוּ | va·yə·ṣî·vû} “and they set up.”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into the great pit in the forest, and they set up over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (vayatsivu) 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.18.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W7.S1) and character.