2 Chronicles 13:3:12 Chr.13.3.W1TAB
וַיֵּאְסֹ֨ר
vayeesor
“and he bound or marshaled”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-ES-OR
- Extended
- vah-YEE-ehs-OHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːʔəˈsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he bound or marshaled
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-YE-ES-OR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA
- clause
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-YE-ES-OR a-vi-YA et-ha-mil-kha-MA ba-kha-YIL gi-bo-RE mil-kha-MA ar-ba-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR ve-ya-rav-AM A-rakh im-MO mil-kha-MA bish-mo-NE me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR gi-BOR KHA-yil
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the vav-conversive verb va-ye-esor {וַיֶּאְסֹר | wâ-yê-’ă-ṣôr} “he marshaled,” which shifts narrative to military action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:3
Abijah marshaled an army of four hundred thousand chosen men for battle and drew up the battle lines ; Jeroboam likewise arranged eight hundred thousand chosen warriors against him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּאְסֹ֨ר (vayeesor) 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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.3.W1.S1) and character.