2 Chronicles 15:10:22 Chr.15.10.W2TAB
יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם
yerushalayim
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shah-LA-yihm
- IPA
- /jəruːʃɔˈlajim/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-TSU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
va-yik-ka-TSU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-KHO-desh ha-she-li-SHI
- sentence
va-yik-ka-TSU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-KHO-desh ha-she-li-SHI lish-NA-t kha-MESH-e-SE-re le-mal-KHUT a-SA
Exegesis
Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם | Yerūšālayim} acts as a locative proper noun specifying the assembly’s destination.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“complete”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:10
And they assembled in Jerusalem in the third month , in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 15:10, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם (yerushalayim) 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.15.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.10.W2.S1) and character.