2 Chronicles 25:6:12 Chr.25.6.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר
vayiskor
“and he hired”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-KOR
- Extended
- vah-yihs-KOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈkoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he hired
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-KOR mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-KOR mi-yis-ra-EL me-A E-lef gi-BOR KHA-yil be-me-A khi-KAR-ka-SEF
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative uses the vav-consecutive verb vayiskor {וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר | wə-yis-kōr} ‘and he hired’ to continue Amaziah’s actions.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaf–resh
“to hire, rent, wage”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:6
And he hired from Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 25:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר (vayiskor) 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.25.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.6.W1.S1) and character.