2 Chronicles 32:3:12 Chr.32.3.W1TAB
וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ
vayivaats
“and he took counsel”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-va-ATS
- Extended
- vah-yee-vah-ATS
- IPA
- /vaj.jiw.ˈʕaːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took counsel
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-va-ATS
- clause
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR
- sentence
va-yi-va-ATS im-sa-ra-V ve-gi-bo-RAV lis-TOM et-me-ME ha-a-ya-NOT a-SHER mi-KHUTS la-IR va-ya-ez-ru-HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive narrative verb vayyiva‘atz {וַיִּוָּעַץ | vayyivvâ‘aṣ} ‘and he consulted’, initiating the historical sequence.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-ṣyod–ʿayin–ṣade
“to advise, counsel”
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:3
And he consulted with his officials and his mighty men to block the waters of the springs which are outside the city, and they helped him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 32:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ (vayivaats) 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.32.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.3.W1.S1) and character.