2 Samuel 18:8:12 Sam.18.8.W1TAB
וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֨ם
vattehisham
“and it was there”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI-SHAM
- Extended
- vaht-teh-HEE-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it 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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Word in context
- word
vat-te-HI-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
Exegesis
The narrative relies on the vav-consecutive for sequential past: vatehi {וַתְּהִי | wə·ṯə·hi} ‘and it was’ and va-yarev {וַיַּרֶב | wa·yya·reḇ} ‘and it multiplied.’
Root and etymology
š-mshin–mem
“name, reputation”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֨ם (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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W1.S1) and character.