2 Samuel 20:12:62 Sam.20.12.W6TAB
וַיַּ֨רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yar-E
- Extended
- vah-yahr-EH
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yar-E
- phraseyour reading level
va-yar-E ha-ISH
- clause
va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
Exegesis
The pivotal va-yar ha-ish {וַיַּרְא הָאִישׁ | vay-yar ha-ʾîš} ‘and the man saw’ introduces the response clause ki-amad kol-ha-am {כִּי־עָמַד כָּל־הָעָם | kî-ʿā-mad kol-hā-ʿăm} ‘that all the people stood still.’
In context — 2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa was wallowing in blood in the middle of the roadway, and the man saw that all the people stood still; so he turned Amasa off the roadway into the field and threw a garment over him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 20:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨רְא (vayare) 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.20.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.12.W6.S1) and character.