2 Chronicles 25:15:42 Chr.25.15.W4TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV
- clause
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV na-VI va-yo-MER LO LAM-ma da-RASH-te et-e-lo-HE ha-AM a-SHER lo-hi-TSI-lu et-AM-mam mi-YA-de-kha
- sentence
va-yik-HAR-AF ye-ho-VAH ba-a-mats-ya-HU va-yish-LAKH e-LAV na-VI va-yo-MER LO LAM-ma da-RASH-te et-e-lo-HE ha-AM a-SHER lo-hi-TSI-lu et-AM-mam mi-YA-de-kha
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive chain in vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | way-yiš-laḥ} ‘and he sent’ + elav {אֵלָיו | ʾê-lāyw} ‘to him’ + navi {נָבִ֔יא | nā·ḇîʾ} ‘prophet’ frames God’s initiative through a prophetic envoy.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:15
And the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent a prophet to him who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who did not deliver their own people from your hand?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlakh) 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.25.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.15.W4.S1) and character.