2 Samuel 20:3:192 Sam.20.3.W19TAB

וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה

vatiheyena

and they became or and they were

Transliteration
va-ti-he-ye-NA
Extended
vah-tih-heh-yeh-NAA
IPA
/vat.tih.jɛˈjeː.naː/

Meaning by language

English
and they became or and they were

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תִּ + הְ + יֶ֧י + נָה
va + ti + he + ye + na
vatiheyena

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ti-he-ye-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT

  3. clause

    va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

  4. sentence

    va-ya-BO da-VID el-BE-to ye-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yik-KAKH ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser-na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM a-SHER hin-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit va-yit-ne-EM BET-mish-ME-ret va-ye-khal-ke-LEM va-a-le-HEM LO-VA va-ti-he-ye-NA tse-ru-ROT ad-YOM mu-TAN al-me-NUT kha-YUT

Exegesis

Vatihenah tzerurot {וַתִּהְיֶינָה צְרֻרוֹת | va-ti-hye-na tze-ru-rot} with ad-yom mutan {עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָן | ad-yom mu-tan} frames the duration of confinement.

In context2 Samuel 20:3

And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, concubines whom he had left to guard the house, and placed them in a house of custody . He provided for them, but to them he did not come. And they remained confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה (vatiheyena) 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.20.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.3.W19.S1) and character.