2 Samuel 18:24:102 Sam.18.24.W10TAB
וַיַּשְׂאַ֤ף
vayasaf
“and he lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-yas-AF
- Extended
- vah-yahs-AHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jasˈʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lifted 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yas-AF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v
- clause
va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
- sentence
ve-da-VID yo-SHEV ben-she-NEI ha-she-a-RIM va-ye-LEKH ha-tso-FE el-GAG ha-SHA-ar el-ha-kho-ma va-yas-AF et-e-NA-v va-yar-E ve-hin-NE-iSH RATS le-vad-DO
In context — 2 Samuel 18:24
And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate above the wall. He saw a man running alone.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׂאַ֤ף (vayasaf) 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.18.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W10.S1) and character.