2 Samuel 21:7:12 Sam.21.7.W1TAB
וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל
vayakhmol
“and the king had compassion or spared”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-MOL
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-MOHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħˈmoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the king had compassion or spared
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-yakh-MOL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh al-me-fi-VO-shet ben-ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yakh-MOL ha-ME-lekh al-me-fi-VO-shet ben-ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL al-she-vu-AT ye-ho-VAH a-SHER be-i-no-TAM BEN da-VID u-VEN ye-ho-na-TAN ben-sha-UL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive vayyaḥmōl {וַיַּחְמֹל | wayyaḥmōl} indicating sequential action, immediately followed by the subject hammēlĕḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hammēlĕḵ} “the king.”
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-lḥet–mem–lamed
“to spare; have compassion”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan, son of Saul.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 21:7, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל (vayakhmol) 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.21.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.7.W1.S1) and character.