2 Chronicles 20:30:12 Chr.20.30.W1TAB
וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖ט
vatishkot
“and it was quiet”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-KOT
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-KOHT
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃˈqɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it was quiet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tish-KOT
- clause
va-tish-KOT mal-KHUT ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-tish-KOT mal-KHUT ye-ho-sha-FAT va-ya-Nakh LO e-lo-HAIV mi-sa-VIV
Exegesis
The verse employs a vav-consecutive narrative sequence with the verbs vatishkot {וַתִּשְׁקֹט | vaṯ-ṯiš-qōṭ} ‘and was quiet’ followed by vayanakh {וַיָּנַח | wa-yā-naḥ} ‘and gave rest’, marking the transition from a state clause to a causative clause.
Root and etymology
š-q-ṭshin–qof–tet
“to be quiet, be at rest”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:30
And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gave him rest on every side .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 20:30, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖ט (vatishkot) 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.20.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.30.W1.S1) and character.