2 Chronicles 20:24:52 Chr.20.24.W5TAB
וַיִּפְנוּ֙
vayifnu
“and they turned”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-NU
- Extended
- vah-yihf-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they turned
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-NU
- clause
va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
- sentence
vi-ye-hu-DA BA al-ha-mits-PE lam-mid-BAR va-yif-NU el-he-ha-MON ve-hin-NAM pe-ga-RIM no-fe-LIM AR-tsa ve-EN pe-lei-TA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive va-yiphnū {וַיִּפְנוּ֙ | wayyiphnū} “and they turned” shifts the perspective toward the enemy.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:24
And Judah came to the watchtower overlooking the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground; and there was no survivor .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְנוּ֙ (vayifnu) 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.20.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.24.W5.S1) and character.