2 Chronicles 5:8:72 Chr.5.8.W7TAB
וַיְכַסּ֧וּ
vayekhassu
“and they covered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khas-SU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khahs-SOO
- IPA
- /vajəχasˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they covered
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-khas-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khas-SU ha-khe-ru-VIM
- clause
va-ye-khas-SU ha-khe-ru-VIM al-ha-a-RON ve-al-ba-DA-v mil-ma-a-LA
- sentence
va-yih-YU ha-khe-ru-VIM por-SIM ke-na-FA-yim al-me-KOM ha-a-RON va-ye-khas-SU ha-khe-ru-VIM al-ha-a-RON ve-al-ba-DA-v mil-ma-a-LA
Exegesis
In the second clause, the vav-consecutive wayyikassû {וַיְכַסּ֧וּ | wayyikassû} ‘and they covered’ takes two coordinated objects: ʿal-hā-ʾārôn {עַל־הָאָר֥וֹן | ʿal-hā-ʾārôn} ‘over the ark’ and wə-ʿal-baddāyw {וְעַל־בַּדָּ֖יו | wə-ʿal-baddāyw} ‘and over its poles’, marking the extent of the action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 5:8
The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 5:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 5:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְכַסּ֧וּ (vayekhassu) 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.5.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.5.8.W7.S1) and character.