2 Chronicles 33:3:132 Chr.33.3.W13TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙
vayishtakhu
“and they bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.taˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bowed down
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT lab-be-a-LIM va-ya-AS a-she-ROT va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-a-VOD o-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV va-yi-VEN et-ha-ba-MOT a-SHER ni-TATS ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu a-VIV va-ya-KEM miz-be-KHOT lab-be-a-LIM va-ya-AS a-she-ROT va-yish-ta-KHU le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-a-VOD o-TAM
In context — 2 Chronicles 33:3
And he returned and rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had demolished, and he erected altars to the Baals and made Asherahs. He bowed down to all the host of the heavens and served them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 33:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 33:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (vayishtakhu) 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.33.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.33.3.W13.S1) and character.