2 Chronicles 24:18:92 Chr.24.18.W9TAB
וַֽיְהִי־קֶ֗צֶף
vayehiketsef
“and there was wrath”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-KE-tsef
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-KEH-tsehf
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː.qɛˈtsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was wrath
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI-KE-tsef
- clause
va-ye-HI-KE-tsef al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim be-ash-ma-TAM ZOT
- sentence
va-ya-az-VU ET-BET ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM va-ya-av-DU ET-ha-a-she-RIM ve-ET-ha-a-tsa-BIM va-ye-HI-KE-tsef al-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim be-ash-ma-TAM ZOT
Exegesis
The result clause begins with wayhî qeṣep̄ {וַֽיְהִי־קֶ֗צֶף | wayhî qeṣep̄} ‘and there came wrath,’ with ʿal {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ preceding Yehudah wî-Yərûšālayim {יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | Yə-hû-dāh wî-Yərû-šā-lā-yim}.
Root and etymology
q-ṣ-p
“anger, wrath”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:18
And they forsook the house of the LORD , the God of their fathers, and they served the Asherim and the idols. Then wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 24:18, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְהִי־קֶ֗צֶף (vayehiketsef) 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.24.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.18.W9.S1) and character.