2 Chronicles 18:2:12 Chr.18.2.W1TAB
וַיֵּרֶד֩
vayered
“and he went down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RED
- Extended
- vah-yeh-REHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈrɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went down
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RED
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV
- clause
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO
- sentence
va-ye-RED le-KETS sha-NIM el-a-KHAV le-shom-re-RON va-yiz-BAKH-lo a-KHAV TSON u-va-KAR la-ROV ve-la-AM a-SHER i-MO va-ye-si-TE-hu la-a-LOT el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
The opening verb vayered {וַיֵּרֶד֩ | wayyĕreḏ} ‘and he went down’ signals a chronological shift.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to descend”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:2
After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab slaughtered sheep and cattle in abundance for him and the people with him; then he induced him to go up to Ramoth Gilead .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרֶד֩ (vayered) 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.18.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.2.W1.S1) and character.