2 Chronicles 17:12:62 Chr.17.12.W6TAB
וַיִּ֧בֶן
vayivben
“and he built”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-BEN
- Extended
- vah-yihv-BEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-BEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
Exegesis
The second waw-consecutive imperfect vayiven {וַיִּ֧בֶן | wâ-yə-ḇên} “and he built” shifts to concrete construction.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat kept increasing, becoming greater and greater, and he built strongholds in Judah and cities for storehouses .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 17:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֧בֶן (vayivben) 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.17.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.12.W6.S1) and character.