2 Samuel 22:46:42 Sam.22.46.W4TAB
וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ
veyakhgeru
“and they gird themselves or they come trembling”
- Transliteration
- ve-yakh-ge-RU
- Extended
- veh-yahkh-geh-Roo
- IPA
- /vəjaħ.ɡəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they gird themselves or they come trembling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yakh-ge-RU
- clause
ve-yakh-ge-RU mim-mis-ge-ro-TAM
- sentence
be-NE ne-KHAR yib-BO-lu ve-yakh-ge-RU mim-mis-ge-ro-TAM
Exegesis
The verbs yibbolu {יִבֹּלוּ | yiḇ-bō-lû} and ve-yachgeru {וְיַחְגְּרוּ | və-yaḥ-gə-rû}, in vav-consecutive sequence, first describe the collapse of courage and then the act of trembling departure.
Root and etymology
ח־ג־ר
“to gird, prepare”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:46
Sons of foreigners will lose heart, and they will come trembling out of their strongholds .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:46, so the Hebrew word וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ (veyakhgeru) 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.22.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.46.W4.S1) and character.