2 Samuel 21:17:12 Sam.21.17.W1TAB
וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙
vayaezarlo
“and helped him”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-e-ZAR-lo
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-ZAAR-loh
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈzaːr.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and helped him
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-e-ZAR-lo
- clause
va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- sentence
va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav consecutive vayya‘ăzar-lō {וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ | wayya‘ăzar-lō} ‘and he came to help’, marking continuation.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-rʿayin–zayin–resh
“to help”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid and struck the Philistine down, putting him to death. Then the men of David swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us again to battle , and you will not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 21:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ (vayaezarlo) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.17.W1.S1) and character.