2 Chronicles 20:8:22 Chr.20.8.W2TAB
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ
vayivnu
“and they built”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-NU
- Extended
- vah-yihv-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH
- clause
va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH mik-DASH le-shim-KHA le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-she-VU-VAH va-yiv-NU le-KHA BAH mik-DASH le-shim-KHA le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through two sequential vav-consecutive actions: vayeshvu-bah {וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־בָ֑הּ | va-yê-šəv-û-bāh} ‘and they dwelt in it’ followed by vayivnu {וַיִּבְנ֨וּ | va-yiv-nû} ‘and they built.’ In both verbs the prepositional suffix ba anchors the action to the location.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:8
And they dwelt in it and built for You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (vayivnu) 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.20.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.8.W2.S1) and character.