2 Samuel 22:11:42 Sam.22.11.W4TAB
וַיֵּרָ֖א
vayera
“and he was seen”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was seen
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- clause
va-ye-RA al-kan-fe-ru-AKH
- 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 22:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרָ֖א (vayera) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.11.W4.S1) and character.