2 Kings 14:19:12 Kgs.14.19.W1TAB
וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ
vayiksheru
“and they conspired”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-she-RU
- Extended
- vah-yihk-sheh-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqʃəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they conspired
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-she-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher
- clause
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU a-LAV KE-sher bi-ru-sha-LIM va-NAS la-KHI-sha va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM
Exegesis
The initial vayiqsheru {וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ | wayyiqšə-rû} ‘and they conspired’ introduces collective action marked by the noun kesher {קֶשֶׁר | qe-šer}.
Root and etymology
q-š-rqof–shin–resh
“to bind; to conspire”
In context — 2 Kings 14:19
They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. Then they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ (vayiksheru) 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.14.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.19.W1.S1) and character.