2 Chronicles 21:10:12 Chr.21.10.W1TAB
וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע
vayifsha
“and he rebelled”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-SHA
- Extended
- vah-yihf-SHAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rebelled
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-yif-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-SHA e-DOM
- clause
va-yif-SHA e-DOM mi-TA-khat yad-ye-hu-DA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE AZ tif-SHA liv-NA ba-ET ha-HI mi-TA-khat ya-DO
- sentence
va-yif-SHA e-DOM mi-TA-khat yad-ye-hu-DA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE AZ tif-SHA liv-NA ba-ET ha-HI mi-TA-khat ya-DO KI a-ZAV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative verb vayipša {וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע | wayyiṗšaʿ} ‘and he rebelled’ uses the vav consecutive + Qal imperfect to signal a past action.
Root and etymology
p-sh-ʿpe–shin–ayin
“to rebel, transgress”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:10
And Edom rebelled from under Judah’s hand until this very day. Then Libnah also rebelled from under his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD , God of his ancestors .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע (vayifsha) 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.21.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.10.W1.S1) and character.