2 Samuel 18:7:82 Sam.18.7.W8TAB
וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֣ם
vattehisham
“and there was there”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI-SHAM
- Extended
- vaht-teh-HEE-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-te-HI-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA
- clause
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yin-NAG-fu SHAM AM yis-ra-EL lif-ne av-DE da-VID vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mag-ge-FA ge-do-LA bay-YOM ha-HU es-rim A-lef
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Nif‘al imperfect wayyinnaḡēp̄ {וַיִּנָּגֵ֜ף | wayyinnaḡēp̄} ‘and was struck down,’ followed by the locative adverb šām {שָּׁם | šām}, establishing setting.
A second vav-consecutive Qal imperfect wayyᵊhîyyāh {וַתְּהִ֣י | wayyᵊhîyyāh} ‘and there was’ introduces the resultant state, with hammaḡêp̄āh ḡᵊdōlāh {הַמַּגֵּפָ֣ה גְּדֹלָה | hammaḡêp̄āh ḡᵊdōlāh} forming an attributive phrase ‘the great slaughter.’
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:7
And there the people of Israel were struck down before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter on that day—twenty thousand men.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֣ם (vattehisham) 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.18.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.7.W8.S1) and character.