2 Samuel 21:19:12 Sam.21.19.W1TAB
וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד
vatehiod
“and there was again”
- Transliteration
- va-te-HI-OD
- Extended
- vah-teh-HEE-OHD
- IPA
- /vat.təˈhiː.ˈʕoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was again
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-HI-OD
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA
- clause
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-re or-GIM BET ha-lakh-MI ET gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vattehi {וַתְּהִי | wā·ṯə·hî} ‘and it was’ combined with the adverb ’od {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘again’ to signal renewed conflict.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:19
And again there was the battle at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jaarei-oregim the Bethlehemite struck Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like the beam of weavers .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד (vatehiod) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W1.S1) and character.