2 Chronicles 6:3:42 Chr.6.3.W4TAB
וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ
vayevarekh
“and he blessed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-REKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-REHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəvaːˈrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he blessed
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-REKH
- clause
va-ya-SEV ha-ME-lekh et-pa-NAIV va-ye-va-REKH ET kol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SEV ha-ME-lekh et-pa-NAIV va-ye-va-REKH ET kol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL ve-khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL o-MED
Exegesis
Following this is the coordinating Piel imperfect verb wayyəvāreḵ {וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ | wayyəvāreḵ} ‘and he blessed’, which directly addresses the repeated noun phrase kol-qāhāl yiśrāʼēl {כָּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | kol-qāhāl yiśrāʼēl} ‘all the assembly of Israel’, emphasizing inclusion.
Root and etymology
b-r-k-hbet–resh–kaf
“to bless, bestow favor”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:3
Then the king turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel as they stood .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 6:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ (vayevarekh) 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.6.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.3.W4.S1) and character.