2 Samuel 20:10:92 Sam.20.10.W9TAB
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ
vayishpokh
“and he poured out or spilled”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-POKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-POHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈpoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he poured out or spilled
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-POKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza
- clause
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA LO-nish-me-AR ba-KHE-rev a-SHER be-YAD-yo-AV va-yak-KE-hu VAH el-ha-KHO-mesh va-yish-POKH me-AV AR-tza ve-LO-sha-NA LO va-ya-MOT ve-yo-AV va-a-vi-SHAI a-KHIV ra-DAF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
Exegesis
The graphic sequence vayishpoch meav artzah {וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ מֵעָ֥יו אַרְצָה | wa-yīš-pōḵ mē-ʻa-w ’ar-ṣāh} ‘he poured out his intestines to the ground’ intensifies the fatal outcome.
Root and etymology
š-p-khshin–pe–kaf
“to pour”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:10
And Amasa was not alert to the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab struck him with it in the abdomen , and his intestines spilled to the ground; he did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikhri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 20:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֨ךְ (vayishpokh) 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.20.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.10.W9.S1) and character.