2 Chronicles 3:8:12 Chr.3.8.W1TAB
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙
vayaas
“and he made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- clause
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive introducing wayyaʿaś {וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ | wayyāʿaś} ‘he made’, signaling historical narrative.
In context — 2 Chronicles 3:8
And he made the Most Holy Place ; it measured twenty cubits by twenty cubits, its length matching the width of the house. He overlaid it with fine gold for six hundred talents .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 3:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 3:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ (vayaas) 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.3.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.3.8.W1.S1) and character.