2 Chronicles 25:21:42 Chr.25.21.W4TAB
וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ
vayitrau
“and they showed themselves or presented themselves”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-ra-U
- Extended
- vah-yihth-rah-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.rāˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they showed themselves or presented themselves
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-ra-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM
- clause
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YA-al yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Next, the Nifal imperfect vayyitraʾu {וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ | wayyiṯrā’û} ‘and they saw each other’ introduces the encounter, with panim {פָנִים | panîm} ‘faces’ functioning idiomatically for a face-to-face confrontation.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:21
So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah confronted each other face to face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ (vayitrau) 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.25.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.21.W4.S1) and character.