2 Kings 14:11:62 Kgs.14.11.W6TAB
וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ
vayitrau
“and they faced one another or appeared before one another”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-ra-U
- Extended
- vah-yihth-rah-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jit.raːˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they faced one another or appeared before one another
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-ra-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM
- clause
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-LO-SHA-ma a-mats-ya-HU va-YA-al ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-yit-ra-U pa-NIM HU va-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA be-VET SHE-mesh a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The Nifal imperfect way-yitrōʾū {וַיִּתְרָאוּ | wa-yit-rō-ʾū} ‘they appeared’ with pānīm {פָנִים | pā-nīm} ‘faces’ conveys direct confrontation.
In context — 2 Kings 14:11
Yet Amaziah did not listen , so Jehoash, king of Israel, ascended, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, confronted each other at Beth-Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְרָא֣וּ (vayitrau) 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.14.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.11.W6.S1) and character.