2 Chronicles 6:41:152 Chr.6.41.W15TAB
יִשְׂמְח֥וּ
yismekhu
“let them rejoice”
- Transliteration
- yis-me-KHU
- Extended
- yihs-meh-KHOO
- IPA
- /jisˈmħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let them rejoice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yis-me-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
yis-me-KHU va-TOV
- clause
ko-ha-NE-kha ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM yil-be-SHU te-shu-A va-kha-si-DE-kha yis-me-KHU va-TOV
- sentence
ve-a-TA ku-MA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM le-nu-KHE-kha a-TA va-a-RON u-ZE-kha ko-ha-NE-kha ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM yil-be-SHU te-shu-A va-kha-si-DE-kha yis-me-KHU va-TOV
Exegesis
Parallel petitions are formed by the jussive verbs yilbeshu {יִלְבְּשׁוּ | yil-bə-šū} ‘let them be clothed’ and yismechu {יִשְׂמְחוּ | yiś-mə-ḥū} ‘let them rejoice’, linked to the noun phrases kohanekha {כֹּהֲנֶיךָ | kō-hǎ-ne-kā} ‘your priests’ and vachasidekha {וַחֲסִידֶיךָ | wa-ḥa-śî-de-kā} ‘your loyal ones’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:41
And now, arise, LORD God , to Your resting place with the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests be clothed with salvation , and let Your loyal ones rejoice in the good.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:41:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 6:41, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂמְח֥וּ (yismekhu) 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.6.41.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.41.W15.S1) and character.