2 Samuel 18:8:72 Sam.18.8.W7TAB
וַיֶּ֨רֶב
vayerev
“and it increased”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-REV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-REHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it increased
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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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-REV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar
- 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.’
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 18:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּ֨רֶב (vayerev) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W7.S1) and character.