2 Chronicles 14:8:12 Chr.14.8.W1TABWLC 2 Chronicles 14:7
וַֽיְהִי־לְאָסָ֗א
vayehileasa
“and there was to Asa or and Asa had”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-le-A-sa
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-leh-AH-saa
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː.ləʔaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was to Asa or and Asa had
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI-le-A-sa
- sentence
va-ye-HI-le-A-sa KHA-yil no-SE tsin-NA va-RO-makh mi-ye-hu-DA she-LOSH me-OT E-lef u-mi-bin-ya-MIN nos-SE ma-GEN ve-dor-KHE KE-shet ma-A-ta-yim u-she-mo-NIM A-lef kul-E-le gib-bo-RE KHA-yil
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it was’, which continues the narrative.
The phrase ləʾāsā {לְאָסָא | lə-ʾā-sā} literally “to Asa” is rendered “Asa had” for natural English.
In context — 2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army bearing large shields and spears from Judah—300,000—and from Benjamin, shield bearers and bowmen, 280,000; all were mighty warriors .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 14:8, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־לְאָסָ֗א (vayehileasa) 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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.14.8.W1.S1) and character.