2 Chronicles 20:5:12 Chr.20.5.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד
vayaamod
“and he stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-MOD
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stood
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' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-MOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ye-ho-sha-FAT bik-ha-L ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LIM be-VET ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ye-ho-sha-FAT bik-ha-L ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LIM be-VET ye-ho-VAH lif-NE he-kha-TSER ha-kha-da-SHA
Exegesis
The clause begins with the narrative verb vayaamod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayyaʿămōḏ} ‘and he stood,’ using the wayyiqtol form to move the story forward and to portray Jehoshaphat’s public, deliberate posture.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Mem–Dalet
“to stand, take one’s position”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD , before the new courtyard.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (vayaamod) 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.20.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.5.W1.S1) and character.