2 Chronicles 16:5:72 Chr.16.5.W7TAB
וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת
vayashbet
“and he caused to cease”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-BET
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-BEET
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he caused to cease
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-yash-BET
- clause
va-yash-BET et-me-la-akh-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ba-SHA va-ye-khe-DAL mib-be-NOT et-ha-ra-MA va-yash-BET et-me-la-akh-TO
Exegesis
The sequence vayekhdal {וַיֶּחְדַּל | wayyēḥdal} ‘he ceased’ (Qal) followed by wayyašbêṯ {וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת | wayyašbêṯ} ‘he caused to cease’ (Hiphil) moves from passive discontinuation to active termination.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:5
When Baasha heard, he stopped building Ramah and brought his work to an end.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 16:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת (vayashbet) 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.16.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.5.W7.S1) and character.