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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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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yet-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yet-TSAV ha-ME-lekh
- 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 context — 2 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.