2 Chronicles 34:20:12 Chr.34.20.W1TAB

וַיְצַ֣ו

vayettsav

and he commanded

Transliteration
va-yet-TSAV
Extended
vah-yeht-TSAV
IPA
/vaj.jətsˈaw/

Meaning by language

English
and he commanded

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Result
וַ + יְ + צַ֣ו
va + yet + tsav
vayettsav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yet-TSAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yet-TSAV ha-ME-lekh

  3. sentence

    va-yet-TSAV ha-ME-lekh ET-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-ET-a-khi-KAM BEN-sha-FAN ve-ET-av-DON BEN-mi-KHA ve-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER ve-ET a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive clause vayetsav {וַיְצַ֣ו | vayə-ṣav} ‘and he commanded’, introducing sequential royal action by the subject hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham-me-lekh} ‘the king’.

In context2 Chronicles 34:20

And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 34:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 34:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֣ו (vayettsav) 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.34.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.20.W1.S1) and character.