2 Samuel 22:10:12 Sam.22.10.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥ט
vayet
“and he stretched out or bowed”
- Transliteration
- va-YET
- Extended
- vah-YEET
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stretched out or bowed
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
va-YET
- phraseyour reading level
va-YET sha-MA-yim
- clause
va-YET sha-MA-yim va-ye-RAD
- sentence
va-YET sha-MA-yim va-ye-RAD va-a-ra-FEL TA-khat rag-LAV
Exegesis
The verse presents a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with vayyet {וַיֵּ֥ט | wayyēṯ} ‘and he bent’ taking shamayim {שָׁמַ֖יִם | šāmāyim} ‘heavens’ as its object, followed by vayerad {וַיֵּרַ֑ד | wayyēraḏ} ‘and he descended’.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:10
He bowed the heavens and came down, and thick darkness was under His feet .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥ט (vayet) 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.22.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.10.W1.S1) and character.