2 Samuel 22:8:32 Sam.22.8.W3TAB
וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙
vatirash
“and it quaked”
- Transliteration
- va-tir-ASH
- Extended
- vah-tihr-AHsh
- IPA
- /vat.tirˈʕaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it quaked
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tir-ASH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tig-ASh va-yit-ge-ASH va-tir-ASH
- clause
ve-tig-ASh va-yit-ge-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-rets mo-se-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim yir-ga-ZU
- sentence
ve-tig-ASh va-yit-ge-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-rets mo-se-DOT ha-sha-MA-yim yir-ga-ZU va-yit-ge-a-SHU ki-kha-RA LO
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs vayitga’ash {וַיִּתְגָּעַשׁ | wayyit·gā·ʿaš} ‘and it quaked’, vatir’ash {וַתִּרְעַשׁ | waṯ·ṯir·ʿāš} ‘and it shook’, yirgāzū {יִרְגָּזוּ | yir·gā·zū} ‘they trembled’, and vayitga’ashū {וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ | wayyit·gā·‘aš·û} ‘and they quaked’ to intensify seismic imagery centered on ha’āreṣ {הָאָרֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ} ‘the earth’.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-šresh–ayin–shin
“to shake, tremble”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:8
The earth quaked and shook; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ (vatirash) 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.22.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.8.W3.S1) and character.