2 Chronicles 32:9:72 Chr.32.9.W7TAB
יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָה
yerushalaima
“to Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma
- Extended
- yeh-roo-shah-LAI-mah
- IPA
- /jəruːʃaˈlajmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma
- clause
a-KHAR ZE sha-LAKH san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-va-DAV ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma ve-HU al-la-KHISH ve-khal-mem-shal-TO i-MO
- sentence
a-KHAR ZE sha-LAKH san-khe-RIV ME-lekh-a-SHUR a-va-DAV ye-ru-sha-LAI-ma ve-HU al-la-KHISH ve-khal-mem-shal-TO i-MO al-ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ME-lekh ye-hu-DA ve-al-kol-ye-hu-DA a-SHER bi-ru-sha-LIM le-MOR
Exegesis
The noun phrase avadav yerushalayima {עֲבָדָיו֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָה | ʿa-vā-dāw yə-ru-šā-lā-yā-ma} ‘his servants to Jerusalem’ marks the direct object with a locative directional he.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:9
After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem while he himself was at Lachish with all his army , to Hezekiah, king of Judah, and to all Judah in Jerusalem, saying:
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 32:9, so the Hebrew word יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יְמָה (yerushalaima) 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.32.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.9.W7.S1) and character.