2 Chronicles 24:24:72 Chr.24.24.W7TAB
וַֽיהוָה֙
vayehovah
“and the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /vajəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the LORD
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI be-MI-tsa-ar a-na-SHIM ba-U KHEL a-RAM va-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN be-ya-DAM kha-YIL la-ROV me-OD KI a-ze-VU ET-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM
- sentence
KI be-MI-tsa-ar a-na-SHIM ba-U KHEL a-RAM va-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN be-ya-DAM kha-YIL la-ROV me-OD KI a-ze-VU ET-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM ve-ET-yo-ASH a-SU she-fa-TIM
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with the vav-prefixed verb va-yhwh natan {וַיְהוָה נָתַן | way-hō-wāh nāṭan} ‘and YHWH gave’, attributing military success to divine agency.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:24
With only a few men the army of Aram came, and the LORD delivered into their hand a very great force, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; then they executed judgments on Joash.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 24:24, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָה֙ (vayehovah) 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.24.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.24.W7.S1) and character.