2 Samuel 21:13:82 Sam.21.13.W8TAB
וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ
vayaasfu
“and they gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-as-FU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahs-FOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʔasˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they gathered
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-as-FU
- clause
va-ya-as-FU et-a-tsmo-T ha-mu-ka-IM
- sentence
va-YA-al mi-SHAM et-a-tsmo-T sha-UL ve-et-a-tsmo-T ye-ho-na-TAN be-NO va-ya-as-FU et-a-tsmo-T ha-mu-ka-IM
Exegesis
The shift to a plural subject in vayya’asfu {וַיַּ֣אַסְפוּ | va-yya-ʼas-fū} creates a coordinated clause of communal action.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:13
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ (vayaasfu) 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.21.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.13.W8.S1) and character.