2 Chronicles 15:14:12 Chr.15.14.W1TAB
וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙
vayishshavu
“and they swore”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-SHA-vu
- Extended
- vah-yish-SHAA-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈʃaː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they swore
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-SHA-vu
- clause
va-yish-SHA-vu la-ye-ho-VAH be-KOL ga-DOL u-vit-ru-AH
- sentence
va-yish-SHA-vu la-ye-ho-VAH be-KOL ga-DOL u-vit-ru-AH u-va-kha-tso-tse-ROT u-ve-sho-fa-ROT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Nif‘al imperfect wayyishba‘û {וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ | wayyišba‘û} ‘and they swore’, initiating a narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-b-ʼ
“to swear, make a vow”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:14
And they swore to the LORD with a great voice , with shouting, with trumpets, and with shofars.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (vayishshavu) 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.15.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.14.W1.S1) and character.