2 Chronicles 21:11:52 Chr.21.11.W5TAB
וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙
vayezen
“and he caused to commit fornication”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ZEN
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ZEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈzɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he caused to commit fornication
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ZEN
- clause
va-ye-ZEN et-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yad-DAKH et-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
gam-HU a-SA-VA-mot be-ha-RE ye-hu-DA va-ye-ZEN et-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yad-DAKH et-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The sequential hiphil imperfect verbs vayyezen {וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ | wayyēzen} and wayyadach {וַיַּדַּ֖ח | wayyaḏaḥ}, each with their direct objects et-yoshevei {אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י | ʾet-yōšĕḇê} “inhabitants” and et-Yehudah {אֶת־יְהוּדָֽה | ʾet-Yəhūdāh} “Judah,” create a causal sequence from cultic practices to moral corruption, rendered in English as an SVO series to preserve the progressive force.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:11
He also made high places on the mountains of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotry , and he led Judah astray .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 21:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּ֙זֶן֙ (vayezen) 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.21.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.11.W5.S1) and character.