2 Samuel 20:2:12 Sam.20.2.W1TAB
וַיַּ֜עַל
vayaal
“and went up or withdrew”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-al
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahl
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and went up or withdrew
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-al
- clause
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayya’al {וַיַּ֜עַל | va-ya-ʾal} ‘and went up’, which establishes narrative sequence.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֜עַל (vayaal) 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.20.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W1.S1) and character.