Psalm 18:10:4Ps.18.10.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:11

וַיֵּ֥דֶא

vayede

and he swooped down

Transliteration
va-YE-de
Extended
vah-YEE-deh
IPA
/vajˈjeːdɛʔ/

Meaning by language

English
and he swooped down

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + דֶא
va + ye + de
vayede

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-de

  2. clause

    va-YE-de al-kan-FEI-RU-akh

  3. sentence

    va-yir-KAV al-ke-RUV va-ya-OF va-YE-de al-kan-FEI-RU-akh

Exegesis

The successive wayyiqtol verbs vayaof {וַיָּעֹף | wa-yāʿôp} ‘and He flew’ and vayedea {וַיֵּדֶא | wa-yē-deʾ} ‘and He soared’ form a climactic sequence emphasizing ascending motion.

Root and etymology

י־ד

hand; action

In contextPsalm 18:10

And He rode upon a cherub, and He flew; indeed, He soared upon the wings of the wind .

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥דֶא (vayede) 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 Ps.18.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.10.W4.S1) and character.