2 Samuel 23:11:52 Sam.23.11.W5TAB
וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ
vayeasfu
“and they were gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-as-FU
- Extended
- vah-yee-aas-FOO
- IPA
- /vajjeːʔosˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were gathered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-as-FU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-a-kha-ra-V sha-MA ven-o-GE ha-ra-RI va-ye-as-FU pe-lish-TIM la-kha-YA va-te-HI-SHAM khel-KAT ha-sa-DE me-le-A a-da-SHIM ve-ha-AM NAS mi-pe-NE pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The Nifal imperfect vayye’asfu {וַיֵּאָסְפוּ | wayyēʾāspū} ‘they assembled’ uses vav-consecutive to introduce the military gathering, followed by la-chayyah {לַחַיָּה | la-ḥayyāh} ‘at Lehi’ indicating location.
In context — 2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines assembled at Lehi on a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from before the Philistines .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 23:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּאָסְפ֨וּ (vayeasfu) 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.23.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.11.W5.S1) and character.