2 Samuel 22:15:32 Sam.22.15.W3TAB
וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם
vayefitsam
“and he scattered them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-fi-TSAM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-fih-TSEEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jəfiːˈtsˤeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he scattered them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-fi-TSAM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH khi-TSIM va-ye-fi-TSAM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH khi-TSIM va-ye-fi-TSAM ba-RAK ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive plus Qal imperfect appears in vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | vă-yish-lāḥ} ‘and He sent’, while Hiphil imperfect with vav-consecutive and pronominal suffixes occurs in vayepitzem {וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם | vă-yĕ-pî-ṣêm} ‘and He scattered them’ and veyhamem {ויהמם | vĕ-yă-hăm-mem} ‘and He dismayed them’, concluding with Hiphil imperfect in vayyahom {وַיָּהֹֽם | vă-yā-hôm} ‘and He confused them’.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:15
He shot out arrows and scattered them; lightning dismayed and confused them.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם (vayefitsam) 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.22.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.15.W3.S1) and character.