2 Kings 13:23:52 Kgs.13.23.W5TAB
וַיִּ֣פֶן
vayifen
“turned toward”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-FEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-FEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned toward
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-FEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-FEN a-lei-HEM
- clause
va-YAA-khan ye-ho-VAH o-TAM va-ye-ra-kha-MEM va-yi-FEN a-lei-HEM le-MA-an be-ri-TO et-a-vra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-ya-a-KOV
- sentence
va-YAA-khan ye-ho-VAH o-TAM va-ye-ra-kha-MEM va-yi-FEN a-lei-HEM le-MA-an be-ri-TO et-a-vra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-ya-a-KOV ve-LO a-VA ha-she-khi-TAM ve-lo-hish-li-KHAM me-al-pa-NAIV ad-a-TA
Exegesis
The verse employs a triad of vav-consecutive verbs—vayachan {וַיָּחָן֩ | way-ya-ḥān} ‘and he was gracious’, vayeraḥamem {וַֽיְרַחֲמֵם֙ | way-ya-ra-ḥa-mēm} ‘and he showed compassion’, and vayifen {וַיִּ֣פֶן | way-yi-pen} ‘and he turned’—to convey a crescendo of divine mercy.
In context — 2 Kings 13:23
And the LORD was gracious to them, showed them compassion, and turned toward them for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them or to cast them from His presence up to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 13:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֣פֶן (vayifen) 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.13.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.23.W5.S1) and character.