2 Samuel 18:24:122 Sam.18.24.W12TAB
וַיַּ֔רְא
vayare
“and saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yar-E
- Extended
- vah-yahr-EH
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yar-E
- 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
Exegesis
Finally, vayar {וַיַּרְא | way-yā-rē} introduces his perception of ish ratz levado {אִישׁ רָץ לְבַדּוֹ | ʾîš rā-ṣ lə-vad-dō}, where ratz denotes continuous swift motion and levado indicates solitude. The English reconstructions preserve sequence and spatial relationships while clarifying Hebrew participial and directional structures.
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 18:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֔רְא (vayare) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.24.W12.S1) and character.