Psalm 18:9:1Ps.18.9.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:10
וַיֵּט־שָׁמַיִם
vayetshamayim
“and he bent the heavens”
- Transliteration
- va-YET-sha-MA-yim
- Extended
- vah-YEET-sha-MA-yim
- IPA
- /vajːeːt ʃaˈmajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he bent the heavens
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YET-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YET-sha-MA-yim va-ye-RAD ve-a-ra-FEL TA-khat rag-LAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayyet {וַיֵּט | way-yēṭ} ‘and He bent’ followed by shamayim {שָּׁמַיִם | šā-mayim} ‘heavens,’ highlighting divine shaping of the cosmos.
Root and etymology
n-ṭ-hn–ṭ–h
“to stretch, bend”
In context — Psalm 18:9
And He bent the heavens and descended, and thick darkness was under His feet.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:9, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּט־שָׁמַיִם (vayetshamayim) 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.18.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.9.W1.S1) and character.