2 Kings 13:21:82 Kgs.13.21.W8TAB
וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ
vayashleekhu
“threw”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-LEE-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-LEE-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈliːxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- threw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-LEE-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH
- clause
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The Hiphil vav-consecutive vayashlichu {וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ | way-yash-lî-ḵû} ‘and they threw’ punctuates the narrative interruption.
In context — 2 Kings 13:21
And it happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a raiding party, and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha . When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ (vayashleekhu) 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 Kgs.13.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W8.S1) and character.