2 Samuel 22:15:52 Sam.22.15.W5TAB

ויהמם

veyahamam

and he threw them into confusion

Transliteration
ve-ya-ha-MAM
Extended
veh-yah-hah-MAHM
IPA
/vəjahăˈmaːm/

Meaning by language

English
and he threw them into confusion

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Memm as in mother
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ya-ha-MAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM

  3. clause

    ba-RAK ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM

  4. 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 context2 Samuel 22:15

He shot out arrows and scattered them; lightning dismayed and confused them.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 22:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:15, so the Hebrew word ויהמם (veyahamam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.15.W5.S1) and character.