2 Chronicles 4:16:22 Chr.4.16.W2TAB
וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֤ים
veethayaim
“and the shovels”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-ya-IM
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-yaa-EEM
- IPA
- /vəʔeːt.haj.jaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the shovels
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-ya-IM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-ya-IM ve-ET-ha-miz-la-GOT
- clause
ve-ET-ha-SI-rot ve-ET-ha-ya-IM ve-ET-ha-miz-la-GOT ve-ET-kol-ke-le-HEM a-SA khu-RAM a-VIV la-ME-lekh she-lo-MO le-VET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-SI-rot ve-ET-ha-ya-IM ve-ET-ha-miz-la-GOT ve-ET-kol-ke-le-HEM a-SA khu-RAM a-VIV la-ME-lekh she-lo-MO le-VET Ye-ho-VAH ne-KHO-shet ma-RUK
Exegesis
The verse uses the conjunction-plus-direct-object-marker ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} four times to introduce an asyndetic list of cultic items (ha-sirot, ha-ya’im, ha-mizlagot, kol kelehem).
Root and etymology
Rooty-m
“sea, large body of water”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:16
And the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their vessels were made by Huram-abi for King Solomon for the house of the LORD , all of polished bronze .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 4:16, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֤ים (veethayaim) 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.4.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.16.W2.S1) and character.