2 Chronicles 32:2:12 Chr.32.2.W1TAB
וַיַּרְא֙
vayar
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAR
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayar {וַיַּרְא֙ | wayyar} ‘and he saw,’ a vav-consecutive imperfect that advances the storyline.
Root and etymology
Rooty-r-ʾ
“to fear”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא֙ (vayar) 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.32.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W1.S1) and character.