2 Chronicles 12:7:12 Chr.12.7.W1TAB
וּבִרְא֤וֹת
uvirot
“and when seeing”
- Transliteration
- u-vir-OT
- Extended
- oo-vih-reh-OHT
- IPA
- /uvi.rəˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and when seeing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-vir-OT
- phraseyour reading level
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM
- sentence
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
The temporal clause uvir’ot {וּבִרְאוֹת | û-vî-rôʾṯ} (‘and when saw’) employs the vav-consecutive with a qal infinitive construct to link divine perception to response.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:7
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves , the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will give them a small measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:7, so the Hebrew word וּבִרְא֤וֹת (uvirot) 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 2 Chr.12.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.7.W1.S1) and character.