2 Chronicles 24:23:112 Chr.24.23.W11TAB
וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּ
vayashkhitu
“and they destroyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KHI-tu
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-KHEE-too
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈħiːtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they destroyed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yash-KHI-tu
- clause
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-ku-FAT ha-sha-NA a-LA a-LAV KHEIL a-RAM va-ya-BO-u el-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im va-yash-KHI-tu et-kol-sa-REI ha-AM me-AM ve-khol-she-la-LAM shil-LE-KHU le-ME-lekh dar-ma-SEK
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect vayashchitu et kol sarei ha’am {וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת־כָּל־שָׂרֵי הָעָם | wayyašḥîtû ’et kol śārê hā-’ām} ‘they destroyed all the leaders of the people’ uses the direct object marker et {אֶת | ’et} to highlight total annihilation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:23
And it happened at the turn of the year that the army of Aram went up against him, came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 24:23, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּ (vayashkhitu) 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.24.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.23.W11.S1) and character.