2 Samuel 19:8:12 Sam.19.8.W1TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
וַיָּ֥קָם
vayakam
“and he arose”
- Transliteration
- va-Ya-kam
- Extended
- vah-YAA-kahm
- IPA
- /vajˈjaːqɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he arose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-Ya-kam
- phraseyour reading level
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh
- clause
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the waw-consecutive verbs vayakam {וַיָּקָם | vayyāqām} ‘and he arose’ followed by vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | vayyēšēḇ} ‘and he sat’, establishing sequential historical action.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥קָם (vayakam) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W1.S1) and character.