2 Chronicles 18:21:122 Chr.18.21.W12TAB
וַעֲשֵׂה־כֵֽן׃
vaasekhen
“and do thus”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SE-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-ah-SEH-KHEEN
- IPA
- /vaʕăˈseː.χeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do thus
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-SE-KHEN
- clause
va-YO-mer te-fa-TE ve-gam-tu-KHAL TSE va-a-SE-KHEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-TSE ve-ha-YI-TI le-RU-akh SHE-ker be-FI kal-ne-vi-AI-v va-YO-mer te-fa-TE ve-gam-tu-KHAL TSE va-a-SE-KHEN
Exegesis
The imperfect tefateh {תְּפַתֶּה | təpattēh} ‘you shall entice’ conveys purpose, followed by vegamtukhal {וְגַם־תּוּכָ֔ל | wə-gam-tûḵāl} ‘and also you are able,’ which affirms capability, leading to the coordinated imperatives tze {צֵא | ṣēʼ} ‘go out’ and vaaseh-ken {וַעֲשֵׂה־כֵן | wa-ʿăśeh-kên} ‘do so’ combining permission and command.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:21
And he said, “I will go out and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets.” And the LORD said, “You shall entice, and you shall prevail. Go out and do so.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 18:21, so the Hebrew word וַעֲשֵׂה־כֵֽן׃ (vaasekhen) 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.18.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.21.W12.S1) and character.