2 Samuel 19:15:52 Sam.19.15.W5TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:16
וִיהוּדָ֞ה
viyehuda
“and Judah”
- Transliteration
- vi-ye-hu-DA
- Extended
- vih-yeh-hoo-DAA
- IPA
- /viː.jə.huːˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Judah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-ye-hu-DA
- clause
vi-ye-hu-DA BA ha-gil-ga-LA la-LE-khet lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh le-ha-a-VIR et-ha-ME-lekh et-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-YA-shav ha-ME-lekh va-ya-BO ad-ha-yar-DEN vi-ye-hu-DA BA ha-gil-ga-LA la-LE-khet lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh le-ha-a-VIR et-ha-ME-lekh et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The subject then shifts to wiyhudah ba’ah {וִיהוּדָה בָּאָה | wəYehūdāh bā’āh} ‘and Judah came,’ where the feminine singular verb marks collective action.
Root and etymology
consonantsy-d-h
“to praise, give thanks”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:15
And the king returned and came as far as the Jordan , and Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king and to bring him across the Jordan.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 19:15, so the Hebrew word וִיהוּדָ֞ה (viyehuda) 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.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.15.W5.S1) and character.