2 Samuel 18:26:12 Sam.18.26.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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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Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE
- clause
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh gam-ZE me-va-SE
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyar {וַיַּרְא | wayyâr} “and he saw,” vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiqrāʾ} “and he called,” and vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} “and he said”—to advance the narrative.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:26
The watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gate and said, “Look! A man is running alone.” Then the king said, “This one too is bringing news.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (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.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.26.W1.S1) and character.