2 Samuel 18:4:72 Sam.18.4.W7TAB
וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד
vayaamod
“and he stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-MOD
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕaˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stood
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-MOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh el-YAD ha-SHA-ar ve-KHOL-ha-AM ya-TSE-u le-me-OT u-le-a-la-FIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-LE-hem ha-ME-lekh a-sher-YI-tav be-e-NE-khem e-e-SE va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh el-YAD ha-SHA-ar ve-KHOL-ha-AM ya-TSE-u le-me-OT u-le-a-la-FIM
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive verb vaya‘amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | va-ya-a-mod} ‘and he stood’ repeats the subject hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ha-me-lekh}, emphasizing his action, followed by the locative phrase etsel hasha‘ar {אֵצֶל־הַשַּׁעַר | et-sel ha-sha-ar} to establish position.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand, remain”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:4
And the king said, “Whatever seems good in your eyes, I will do.” And the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:4, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד (vayaamod) 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.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.4.W7.S1) and character.