Psalm 18:13:1Ps.18.13.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:14
וַיִּרְעַם
vayiram
“and he thundered”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-AM
- Extended
- vah-yeer-AM
- IPA
- /vajjirˈʕam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he thundered
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-AM
- sentence
va-yir-AM ba-sha-MA-yim ye-ho-VAH ve-el-YON yit-TEN ko-LO ba-RAD ve-ga-ha-LE-Esh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive vayyar’em {וַיַּרְעֵם | wayyāʿrēm} “and he thundered,” establishing a theophanic event.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–mem
“to thunder”
In context — Psalm 18:13
And the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave his voice—hail stones and coals-of-fire .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְעַם (vayiram) 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.13.W1.S1) and character.