2 Samuel 21:19:52 Sam.21.19.W5TAB
וַיַּ֡ךְ
vayakh
“and struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck
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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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
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
- 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 main action is introduced by vay-yakh {וַיַּךְ | way·yak} ‘and he struck’, identifying elhanan {אֶלְחָנָן | ʾel·ḥā·nān} with the construct ben-ya‘rei orgim {בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים | ben-ya·rē’ ʾor·gîm} ‘son of Jaarei-oregim’ and the gentilic phrase beit ha-lakhmi {בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִי | bêt·ha·ḷa·ḥmî} ‘Bethlehemite’.
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 21:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 21:19, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֡ךְ (vayakh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.19.W5.S1) and character.