Amos 2:9:12Amos.2.9.W12TAB
וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד
vaashmid
“and I destroyed”
- Transliteration
- va-ash-MID
- Extended
- vaa-ahsh-MEED
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaʃˈmiːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ash-MID
- phraseyour reading level
va-ash-MID pir-YO
- clause
va-ash-MID pir-YO mim-MA-al ve-sha-ra-SHAV mi-TA-khat
- sentence
ve-a-NO-khi hish-ma-DE-ti ET-ha-e-mo-RI mip-ne-HEM a-SHER ke-GO-va a-ra-ZIM gav-HO ve-kha-SON HU ka-a-lo-NIM va-ash-MID pir-YO mim-MA-al ve-sha-ra-SHAV mi-TA-khat
Exegesis
The verse then resumes the first-person action with vaashmid {וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד | wā-ʾaš-mîḏ} ‘and I destroyed’, shifting from describing the enemy’s seeming strength to describing comprehensive judgment.
In context — Amos 2:9
Yet I Myself destroyed the Amorite before them; his height was like cedars, and he was sturdy as oaks; and I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.
About this coordinate
Amos 2:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Amos 2:9, so the Hebrew word וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד (vaashmid) 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 Amos.2.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Amos.2.9.W12.S1) and character.