2 Samuel 22:24:42 Sam.22.24.W4TAB
וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה
vaeshtammera
“and I kept myself or guarded myself”
- Transliteration
- va-esh-tam-me-RA
- Extended
- vaa-ehsh-tahm-meh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛʃ.tam.məˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I kept myself or guarded myself
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-esh-tam-me-RA
- clause
va-esh-tam-me-RA me-a-vo-NI
- 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.
Root and etymology
’-š
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:24
And I was blameless before Him , and I guarded myself from my iniquity.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:24, so the Hebrew word וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה (vaeshtammera) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.24.W4.S1) and character.