2 Samuel 19:4:42 Sam.19.4.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:5
וַיִּזְעַ֕ק
vayizak
“and he cried out”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-AK
- Extended
- vah-yiz-AHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈʕaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he cried out
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-AK
- clause
ve-ha-ME-lekh la-AT ET-pa-NA-v va-yiz-AK ha-ME-lekh KOL ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh la-AT ET-pa-NA-v va-yiz-AK ha-ME-lekh KOL ga-DOL be-NI av-sha-LOM av-sha-LOM be-NI be-NI
Exegesis
The narrative employs two sequential vav-consecutives—ve-hammēlēkh {וְהַמֶּלֶךְ | wə-hammēlēḵ} and wayyiṣ‘aq {וַיִּזְעַק | wayyiṣ‘aq}—to link the king’s actions. The compound al-pānāyw + lat forms “covered his face,” marking a culturally rooted sign of mourning.
Root and etymology
z-‘-qzayin–ayin–qof
“cry out”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:4
And the king covered his face and the king cried out with a loud voice , “My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְעַ֕ק (vayizak) 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.19.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.4.W4.S1) and character.