2 Chronicles 14:5:62 Chr.14.5.W6TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:4
וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט
vatishkot
“and it was quiet”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-KOT
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-KOHT
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃˈqoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was quiet
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tish-KOT
- phraseyour reading level
va-tish-KOT ham-mam-la-KHA
- clause
va-tish-KOT ham-mam-la-KHA le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-SAR mik-KOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA et-ha-ba-MOT ve-et-ha-kham-ma-NIM va-tish-KOT ham-mam-la-KHA le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The resultant state shift occurs with wattišqōṭ {וַתִּשְׁקֹט | wat-tiš-qō-ṭ} ‘and it was quiet’, indicating peaceful conditions.
Root and etymology
ש־ק־ט
“be at rest, be quiet”
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:5
And he removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was calm before him .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 14:5, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (vatishkot) 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.14.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.5.W6.S1) and character.