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
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-ha-MAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM
- clause
ba-RAK ve-ya-ha-MAM va-ya-HOM
- 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 22:15:5 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.