2 Chronicles 15:11:12 Chr.15.11.W1TAB
וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ
vayizbekhu
“and they sacrificed”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-be-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yiz-beh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jizbəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sacrificed
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiz-be-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-be-KHU la-Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yiz-be-KHU la-Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU min-ha-sha-LAL he-VI-u
- sentence
va-yiz-be-KHU la-Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU min-ha-sha-LAL he-VI-u ba-KAR she-VA me-OT ve-TSON shiv-AT a-la-FIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative vav {וַיִּזְבְּחוּ | wəyyizbəḥû} marking sequential action “and they sacrificed,” followed by the prepositional phrase la-YHWH {לַיהוָה | la·yhā·wāh} denoting the divine recipient.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־חz-b-ḥ
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:11
And they sacrificed to the LORD on that day from the plunder they brought seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ (vayizbekhu) 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.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.11.W1.S1) and character.