2 Chronicles 23:2:32 Chr.23.2.W3TAB
וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ
vayikbetsu
“and they gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-TSU
- Extended
- vah-yik-beh-TSOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.bəˈtsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they gathered
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-be-TSU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-be-TSU ET-ha-le-vi-YIM
- clause
va-ya-SO-bu bi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-be-TSU ET-ha-le-vi-YIM mi-kol-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SO-bu bi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-be-TSU ET-ha-le-vi-YIM mi-kol-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The verse features a paratactic sequence of three vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—vayyasovu {וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ | va-yyā-sô-bû} ‘and they went around’ indicating movement, vayikbetzu {וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ | va-yik-bə-ṣû} ‘and they gathered’ marking assembly, and vayyavo’u {וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | va-yyā-ḇō-’û} ‘and they came’ expressing arrival.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:2
They moved through Judah and assembled the Levites from every city of Judah, along with the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel; after that, they came to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבְּצ֤וּ (vayikbetsu) 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.23.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.2.W3.S1) and character.