Psalm 18:6:9Ps.18.6.W9TABWLC Psalms 18:7
וְשַׁוְעָתִ֣י
veshavati
“and my cry for help”
- Transliteration
- ve-shav-a-TI
- Extended
- veh-shahv-ah-TI
- IPA
- /vəʃavʕaˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my cry for help
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shav-a-TI
- phraseyour reading level
yish-MA me-hei-KHA-lo KO-li ve-shav-a-TI le-fa-NAV ta-VO
- clause
ve-EL-e-lo-HAI a-sha-VE-a yish-MA me-hei-KHA-lo KO-li ve-shav-a-TI le-fa-NAV ta-VO
- sentence
ba-TSAR-LI e-kRA ye-ho-VAH ve-EL-e-lo-HAI a-sha-VE-a yish-MA me-hei-KHA-lo KO-li ve-shav-a-TI le-fa-NAV ta-VO be-oz-NAV
Exegesis
A poetic parallelism between koli {קוֹלִי | qōlî} ‘voice’ and we-shaavati {וְשַׁוְעָתִי | wə-ša-ʿā-tî} ‘my cry’ intensifies the appeal. Finally, lefanav tavo beoznav (‘before him will come into his ears’) uses nested prepositional phrases to convey immediacy. English shifts to subject-verb-object order while preserving Hebrew parallelism and affect.
In context — Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD , and to my God I cried out for help. He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him into His ears .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Psalm 18:6, so the Hebrew word וְשַׁוְעָתִ֣י (veshavati) 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.18.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.6.W9.S1) and character.