2 Chronicles 25:5:12 Chr.25.5.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ
vayikbots
“and he gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-BOTS
- Extended
- vah-yihk-BOHTS
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈbɔts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he gathered
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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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-BOTS
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu
- clause
va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu et-ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-mi-DEM le-VET-a-VOT le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM u-le-sa-RE ha-me-OT le-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu et-ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-mi-DEM le-VET-a-VOT le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM u-le-sa-RE ha-me-OT le-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiqqbōṣ {וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ | wayyiqqbōṣ} ‘and he assembled’, marking the initial military action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:5
Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and set commanders over thousands and over hundreds according to their fathers’ houses throughout all Judah and Benjamin. He mustered those from twenty years old and upward and found 300,000 choice men , fit to go out to war, able to handle spear and shield.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 25:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (vayikbots) 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.25.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.5.W1.S1) and character.