2 Chronicles 23:8:22 Chr.23.8.W2TAB
הַלְוִיִּ֜ם
halveyim
“the Levites”
- Transliteration
- hal-ve-YIM
- Extended
- hahl-veh-YEEM
- IPA
- /halvəˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Levites
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hal-ve-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative opens with the vav-consecutive prefix on wayya'asu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | wayya‘ăśû} ‘and they did’ and on wayyiqḥû {וַיִּקְחוּ | wayyiqḥû} ‘and they took,’ coordinating the actions of ha-leviyim {הַלְוִיִּם | haləwiyyîm} ‘the Levites’ alongside ve-kol yehûdāh {וְכָל־יְהוּדָה | wə-kol yĕhûdāh} ‘all Judah.’
Root and etymology
l-v-ylamed–vav–yod
“to join, attach”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:8
The Levites and all Judah carried out everything Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each man took his men—those scheduled to come on the Sabbath together with those scheduled to go out on the Sabbath—because Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 23:8, so the Hebrew word הַלְוִיִּ֜ם (halveyim) 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.23.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.8.W2.S1) and character.