2 Samuel 22:10:42 Sam.22.10.W4TAB
וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל
vaarafel
“and thick darkness”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ra-FEL
- Extended
- vah-ah-raa-FEHL
- IPA
- /vaʕ.ă.raˈfɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and thick darkness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ra-FEL
- clause
va-a-ra-FEL TA-khat rag-LAV
- sentence
va-YET sha-MA-yim va-ye-RAD va-a-ra-FEL TA-khat rag-LAV
Exegesis
The coordinating vav introduces va'arafel {וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל | waʿarāfel} ‘and thick darkness’, providing a parallel visual.
Root and etymology
ayin–resh–pe–lamedʿ-r-p-l
“dense darkness”
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 22:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:10, so the Hebrew word וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל (vaarafel) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.10.W4.S1) and character.