2 Chronicles 17:9:72 Chr.17.9.W7TAB
וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙
vayasobu
“and they went around”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SO-bu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SOH-boo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈso.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they went around
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SO-bu
- clause
va-ya-SO-bu be-khol-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-lam-ME-du ba-AM
- sentence
va-ye-lam-ME-du bi-ye-hu-DA ve-im-MA-hem SE-fer to-RAT Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SO-bu be-khol-a-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-lam-ME-du ba-AM
Exegesis
The verb vayasobu {וַיָּסֹבּוּ | wayyāsōbū} ‘and they went around’ uses the Qal imperfect for repeated action, modified by bechol-arei Yehudah {בְּכָל־עָרֵי יְהוּדָה | bəkōl-‘ārê yəhūdāh} ‘in all the cities of Judah’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:9
And they taught in Judah, and with them was the Book of the Law of the LORD . They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 17:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ (vayasobu) 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.17.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.9.W7.S1) and character.