2 Kings 14:12:52 Kgs.14.12.W5TAB
וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ
vayanusu
“and they fled”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-NU-su
- Extended
- vah-yah-NUH-soo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈnuːsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they fled
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-NU-su
- clause
va-ya-NU-su ISH le-e-ho-LO le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-re-EL va-ya-NU-su ISH le-e-ho-LO le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb vayanusu {וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ | way·yā·nû·sū} ‘and they fled’ follows, indicating an immediate retreat.
Root and etymology
n-s-snun–samekh–samekh
“to flee”
In context — 2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was defeated before Israel, and each man fled to his tents .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (vayanusu) 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.14.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.12.W5.S1) and character.