2 Samuel 22:39:22 Sam.22.39.W2TAB
וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם
vaemkhatsem
“and I shattered them”
- Transliteration
- va-em-kha-TSEM
- Extended
- vaa-ehm-khah-TSEEM
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛm.ħaˈtseːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I shattered 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-em-kha-TSEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-kha-LEM va-em-kha-TSEM
- clause
va-a-kha-LEM va-em-kha-TSEM ve-LO ye-ku-MUN
- sentence
va-a-kha-LEM va-em-kha-TSEM ve-LO ye-ku-MUN va-yip-pe-LU TA-khat rag-LAI
Exegesis
The verse employs a succession of vav-consecutive verbs – va’akhalleim {וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם | wā’ă-ḵallēm} “and I consumed them” + va’emchatsem {וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם | wā’ə-meḥā-ṣēm} “and I crushed them” – to portray sequential acts of complete destruction by the speaker.
In context — 2 Samuel 22:39
I consumed them and crushed them, and they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:39, so the Hebrew word וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם (vaemkhatsem) 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.22.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.39.W2.S1) and character.