2 Samuel 22:5:62 Sam.22.5.W6TAB
יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃
yevaatuni
“they terrified me”
- Transliteration
- ye-va-a-TU-ni
- Extended
- yeh-vah-ah-TUH-nih
- IPA
- /jə.va.ʕăˈtu.ni/
Meaning by language
- English
- they terrified me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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
ye-va-a-TU-ni
- clause
na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al ye-va-a-TU-ni
- sentence
KI a-fa-FU-ni mish-be-REI-MA-vet na-kha-LEI be-li-YA-al ye-va-a-TU-ni
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yeva'atuni {יְבַעֲתֻנִי | yəḇaʻattûnî} ‘terrified-me’ conveys repeated or intensified fear. The English rendition preserves Hebrew word order and parallel structure, maintaining the poem’s momentum.
Root and etymology
bet–ayin–tethb-‘-t
“to terrify”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death closed around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:5, so the Hebrew word יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃ (yevaatuni) 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.22.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.5.W6.S1) and character.