2 Chronicles 21:16:12 Chr.21.16.W1TAB
וַיָּ֨עַר
vayaar
“and he stirred up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AR
- Extended
- vah-yah-AAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stirred up
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AR Ye-ho-VAH al-ye-ho-RAM ET RU-akh ha-pe-li-shi-TIM ve-ha-ar-be-VIM a-SHER al-YAD ku-SHIM
Exegesis
The sequence wayya'ar {וַיָּעַר | way-ya-ʾar} ‘and He aroused’ (vav consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular) introduces a causative action by the subject.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:16
And the LORD aroused against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who were beside the Cushites.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨עַר (vayaar) 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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.16.W1.S1) and character.