2 Samuel 18:9:12 Sam.18.9.W1TAB
וַיִּקָּרֵא֙
vayikkare
“and he happened to meet”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KA-re
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAA-reh
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qɑˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he happened to meet
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KA-re
- clause
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayiqare {וַיִּקָּרֵא | wa-yiqqā-rē} ‘and it happened’, signaling a sudden narrative turn.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּרֵא֙ (vayikkare) 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.18.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W1.S1) and character.