2 Samuel 22:10:32 Sam.22.10.W3TAB
וַיֵּרַ֑ד
vayerad
“and he came down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RAD
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈrad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came down
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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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RAD
- 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 22:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרַ֑ד (vayerad) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.10.W3.S1) and character.