2 Chronicles 24:10:12 Chr.24.10.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ
vayismekhu
“and they rejoiced”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-me-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihs-meh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.məˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they rejoiced
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-me-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-me-KHU khol-ha-sa-RIM
- clause
va-yis-me-KHU khol-ha-sa-RIM ve-khol-ha-AM
- sentence
va-yis-me-KHU khol-ha-sa-RIM ve-khol-ha-AM va-ya-VI-u va-yash-li-KHU la-a-RON ad-le-kha-LE
Exegesis
The verse uses a series of consecutive vav verbs—vayismechu {וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ | wayyiśməḥû} “and they rejoiced,” vayavi’u {וַיָּבִ֛יאוּ | wayyāḇîʾû} “and they brought,” and vayaslikhu {וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ | wayyašlîḵû} “and they cast”—to build a sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootsin–mem–chet
“to rejoice, be glad”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:10
And all the officials and all the people rejoiced, and they brought and cast them into the chest until completion .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ (vayismekhu) 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.24.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.10.W1.S1) and character.