2 Chronicles 32:21:12 Chr.32.21.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-VAH mal-AKH va-yak-KHED KAL-gi-BOR kha-YIL ve-na-GID ve-SAR be-ma-kha-NE ME-lekh a-SHUR va-ya-SHAV be-VO-shet pa-NIM le-ar-TSO va-ya-VO BET e-lo-HAIV u-mi-tsi-O u-mi-tsi-E me-AV SHAM hi-pi-LU-hu be-kha-REV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’, marking immediate divine initiative.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:21
And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame of face to his own land, and when he entered the house of his god, those who came forth from his own body struck him down there with the sword .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 32:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlakh) 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.32.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.21.W1.S1) and character.