2 Samuel 22:11:12 Sam.22.11.W1TAB
וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב
vayirkav
“and he rode”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yir-KAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rode
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-KAV al-ke-RUV
- clause
va-yir-KAV al-ke-RUV va-YA-of
- sentence
va-yir-KAV al-ke-RUV va-YA-of va-ye-RA al-kan-fe-ru-AKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vav-consecutive sequence of three imperfect verbs: vayyiqrab {וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב | wayyiqrāḇ} ‘and he rode’, vayyaop {וַיָּעֹף | wayyāʿôp̄} ‘and he flew’, and vayyera {וַיֵּרָא | wayyērāʾ} ‘and he appeared’, producing swift narrative momentum and underscoring divine agency.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:11
He mounted a cherub and flew; He appeared on the wings of the wind .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב (vayirkav) 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.22.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.11.W1.S1) and character.