2 Chronicles 20:3:72 Chr.20.3.W7TAB
וַיִּקְרָא־צ֖וֹם
vayikratsom
“and he proclaimed a fast”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA-TSOM
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA-TSOHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈrɔː.ˈtsoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he proclaimed a fast
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA-TSOM
- clause
va-yik-RA-TSOM al-KAL-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yi-RA va-yit-TEN ye-ho-sha-FAT et-pa-NAIV li-de-ROSH la-ye-ho-VAH va-yik-RA-TSOM al-KAL-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The compound vayikra + tzom {וַיִּקְרָא־צ֖וֹם | va·y·yiqrāʾ + ṣōm} ‘and he proclaimed a fast’ links the verb ‘proclaim’ with the noun ‘fast’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-v-mtsade–vav–mem
“fast”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he set his face to seek the LORD , and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא־צ֖וֹם (vayikratsom) 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.20.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.3.W7.S1) and character.