2 Samuel 22:44:12 Sam.22.44.W1TAB
וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי
vatefalteni
“and you rescued me”
- Transliteration
- va-te-fal-TE-ni
- Extended
- vah-teh-fahl-TEE-nee
- IPA
- /vat.təfalˈtʼeːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you rescued me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-fal-TE-ni
- clause
va-te-fal-TE-ni me-ri-VE a-MI
- sentence
va-te-fal-TE-ni me-ri-VE a-MI ti-she-me-RE-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM lo-YA-da-TE ya-a-ve-DU-ni
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Piel imperfect in vattepalteni {וַתְּפַלְּטֵנִי | vattəpalleṭēnî} ‘and you delivered me’, marking divine rescue as sequential action.
Root and etymology
Rootpeh–lamed–ṭet
“to escape, rescue”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:44
You delivered me from the quarrelers of my people; You kept me as head over nations. A people I did not know now serves me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:44:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:44, so the Hebrew word וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי (vatefalteni) 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.22.44.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.44.W1.S1) and character.