2 Chronicles 24:17:72 Chr.24.17.W7TAB
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ
vayishtakhavu
“and they bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-khah-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.taħăˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bowed down
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- clause
ve-a-kha-REI MOT ye-ho-ya-DA ba-U sa-REI ye-hu-DA va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-ME-lekh
- sentence
ve-a-kha-REI MOT ye-ho-ya-DA ba-U sa-REI ye-hu-DA va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-ME-lekh AZ sha-MA ha-ME-lekh a-LEI-hem
Exegesis
The Hithpael imperfect vayishtachavu {וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ | wayyištaḥăwû} ‘and they bowed down’ expresses deference toward the king (lamelekh {לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | lammēlēk}).
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:17
And after the death of Jehoiada , officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 24:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ (vayishtakhavu) 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.24.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.17.W7.S1) and character.