Psalm 18:7:2Ps.18.7.W2TABWLC Psalms 18:8
וַתִּרְעַ֖שׁ
vatirash
“and it quaked”
- Transliteration
- va-tir-ASH
- Extended
- vah-tihr-ASH
- IPA
- /vat.tirˈʕaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it quaked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-tir-ASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH
- clause
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu
- sentence
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra LO
Exegesis
The verse opens with two successive vav-consecutive Qal wayyiqtol verbs, vatigash {וַתִּגְעַשׁ | wa-ttig-ʿaš} ‘and it shook’ and vatirash {וַתִּרְעַשׁ | wa-ttir-ʿaš} ‘and it trembled’, establishing a sudden cosmic disturbance.
In context — Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled and were shaken, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַתִּרְעַ֖שׁ (vatirash) 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.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.7.W2.S1) and character.