2 Chronicles 25:17:52 Chr.25.17.W5TAB
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-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
- clause
va-yiv-VA-ets a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yish-LAKH el-yo-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-ye-HU ME-lekh yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
va-yiv-VA-ets a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yish-LAKH el-yo-ASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-ye-HU ME-lekh yis-ra-EL le-MOR LEKH le-KHA nit-ra-E fa-NIM
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive in vayyishlakh {וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח | way-yish-lā-ḥ} ‘and he sent’ shifts to the Qal imperfect, denoting a subsequent action.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:17
Then Amaziah the king of Judah consulted , and he sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us meet face to face .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 25:17, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (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.25.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.17.W5.S1) and character.