2 Chronicles 14:3:72 Chr.14.3.W7TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:2
וַיְגַדַּ֖ע
vayegadda
“and he cut down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-gad-DA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-gahd-DAH
- IPA
- /vaj.ɣadˈdaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he cut down
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-gad-DA
- clause
va-ye-shab-BER et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-ye-gad-DA et-ha-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-SAR et-miz-be-KHOT ha-ne-KHAR ve-ha-ba-MOT va-ye-shab-BER et-ha-mats-tse-VOT va-ye-gad-DA et-ha-a-she-RIM
Exegesis
The verse employs the Vav-Consecutive construction to present a rapid sequence of royal reforms with each verb (vayasar {וַיְסַר | way·sār} “and he removed,” vayeshaber {וַיְשַׁבֵּר | way·šabbēr} “and he broke in pieces,” vayegadea {וַיְגַדֵּעַ | way·ga·ḏê·a‘} “and he cut down”) in Hiphil or Piel imperfect form.
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:3
And he removed the foreign altars and the high places, and he broke in pieces the standing stones , and he cut down the Asherim .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 14:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְגַדַּ֖ע (vayegadda) 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.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.3.W7.S1) and character.