2 Chronicles 20:36:72 Chr.20.36.W7TAB
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ
vayaasu
“and they made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they made
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-SU o-ni-YOT
- clause
va-ya-a-SU o-ni-YOT be-ETS-yon GA-ver
- sentence
va-ye-kha-ber-RE-hu i-MO la-a-SOT o-ni-YOT la-LE-khet tar-SHISH va-ya-a-SU o-ni-YOT be-ETS-yon GA-ver
Exegesis
The second clause’s vav consecutive plus imperfect vaya’asu {וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ | way-ya-ʿă-sû} maintains the narrative flow and completes the report of shipbuilding.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:36
And he joined himself with him to build ships for going to Tarshish, and they built the ships at Ezion-geber .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:36, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ (vayaasu) 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.20.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.36.W7.S1) and character.