2 Samuel 21:20:12 Sam.21.20.W1TAB
וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד
vattehiod
“and there was again”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI-OD
- Extended
- vaht-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
vat-te-HI-OD
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA
- clause
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form vatehi {וַתְּהִי | va-tə-hî} coupling narrative progression with od {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘again’ to signal a repeated conflict.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:20
And again there was war in Gath, and there was a man of extraordinary size , and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six—twenty-four in number. And he also was born to the Rapha.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד (vattehiod) 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.21.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.20.W1.S1) and character.