2 Samuel 19:16:12 Sam.19.16.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:17
וַיְמַהֵ֗ר
vayemaher
“and he hurried”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ma-HER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mah-HEER
- IPA
- /vajəmaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hurried
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ma-HER
- clause
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
Exegesis
This verse begins with vayemaher {וַיְמַהֵר | wayyəmāhēr} ‘and he hurried’ followed by vayered {וַיֵּרֶד | wayyēred} ‘and he went down’, establishing immediate action.
Root and etymology
m-h-rmem–he–resh
“to hurry, hasten”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite , who was from Bahurim, hurried and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְמַהֵ֗ר (vayemaher) 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.19.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.16.W1.S1) and character.