2 Samuel 19:3:12 Sam.19.3.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:4
וַיִּתְגַּנְּב֥
vayitgannev
“and he stole in or slipped in”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-gan-NEV
- Extended
- vah-yit-gahn-NEHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ɣanˈnɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stole in or slipped in
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-gan-NEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-yit-gan-NEV ha-AM ba-YOM ha-HU la-VO ha-IR ka-a-SHER yit-ga-NEV ha-AM ha-nikh-la-MIM be-nu-SAM ba-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
In the comparison, the Hitpael imperfect yitganeb {יִתְגַּנֵּב | yiṯgannēḇ} ‘steal themselves away’ echoes the main verb, and the Nif‘al participle hanikhlam {הַנִּכְלָם | hanikkhlām} ‘the humiliated’ adds a sense of shame.
Root and etymology
g-n-bgimel–nun–bet
“to steal, carry off”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:3
And the people stole into the city on that day, just as people steal themselves away —the humiliated —when they flee in battle.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְגַּנְּב֥ (vayitgannev) 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.19.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.3.W1.S1) and character.