Joshua 15:46:2Josh.15.46.W2TAB
וָיָ֑מָּה
vayamah
“to the sea”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-MAH
- Extended
- vah-yah-MAAH
- IPA
- /vajˈjaːma/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-MAH
- clause
me-ek-RON va-ya-MAH
- sentence
me-ek-RON va-ya-MAH KOL a-SHER-al-YAD ash-DOD ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the parallel prepositional pair me’eqron {מֵעֶקְרוֹן | mê-ʿeq-rôn} ‘from Ekron’ and vâ-yā-mâ {וָיָמָה | vâ-yā-mâ} ‘and westward’, a typical Hebrew device for establishing territorial limits.
In context — Joshua 15:46
From Ekron and westward , all that is along the side of Ashdod and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:46, so the Hebrew word וָיָ֑מָּה (vayamah) 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 Josh.15.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.46.W2.S1) and character.