2 Chronicles 24:15:12 Chr.24.15.W1TAB
וַיִּזְקַ֧ן
vayizkan
“and he grew old”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-KAN
- Extended
- vah-yiz-KAHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈqan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he grew old
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-KAN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-KAN ye-ho-ya-DA
- clause
va-yiz-KAN ye-ho-ya-DA va-yis-BA ya-MIM va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-yiz-KAN ye-ho-ya-DA va-yis-BA ya-MIM va-ya-MOT ben-me-A u-she-lo-SHIM sha-NA be-mo-TO
Exegesis
The verse follows the narrative vav-consecutive sequence: vayyizqan {וַיִּזְקַ֧ן | wayyizqân} ‘and he became old’, vayyisbaʿ {וַיִּשְׂבַּ֥ע | wayyisbaʿ} ‘and he was satisfied’ and vayyāmôṯ {וַיָּמֹ֑ת | wayyāmôṯ} ‘and he died’, where the vav {וָו | wāw} prefixed to a Qal imperfect indicates past narrative.
Root and etymology
z-q-nz-q-n
“to age, become old”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:15
And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old at his death.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְקַ֧ן (vayizkan) 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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.15.W1.S1) and character.