2 Samuel 22:38:32 Sam.22.38.W3TAB
וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם
vaashmedem
“and I will destroy them”
- Transliteration
- va-ash-me-DEM
- Extended
- vaa-ahsh-meh-DEEM
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaʃ.miːˈdeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will destroy them
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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-ash-me-DEM
- clause
e-red-pe-FA o-ye-VAI va-ash-me-DEM
- sentence
e-red-pe-FA o-ye-VAI va-ash-me-DEM ve-LO a-SHUV ad-ka-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The second clause va-ashmideim {וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם | wā·ʾaš·mî·ḏê·m} ‘and I will destroy them’ uses the Hiphil stem to intensify causation with a third person suffix maintaining continuity of agency.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–dalet
“to destroy, exterminate”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:38
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and I did not turn back until they were finished off .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:38, so the Hebrew word וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם (vaashmedem) 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.22.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.38.W3.S1) and character.