2 Samuel 22:24:12 Sam.22.24.W1TAB
וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה
vaeheye
“and I was”
- Transliteration
- va-e-he-YE
- Extended
- vaa-eh-heh-YEH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛhˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-he-YE
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-he-YE ta-MIM
- clause
va-e-he-YE ta-MIM LO
- sentence
va-e-he-YE ta-MIM LO va-esh-tam-me-RA me-a-vo-NI
Exegesis
The verse employs two vav-consecutive imperfect verbs, va’ehyeh {וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה | wāʾehyeh} ‘and I was’ and va’eshtammerah {וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה | wāʾeštammerâ} ‘and I guarded myself’, creating a continuous narrative flow.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:24
And I was blameless before Him , and I guarded myself from my iniquity.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:24, so the Hebrew word וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה (vaeheye) 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.22.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.24.W1.S1) and character.