2 Kings 14:19:72 Kgs.14.19.W7TAB
וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ
vayishlekhu
“and they sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-leh-KHUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ləˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU a-kha-RAV la-KHI-sha va-ye-mi-TU-hu SHAM
- 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
Vayishlechu {וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ | wayyiš-lə-ḥû} resumes plural agency leading into the Hiphil vayemitu-hu {וַיְמִתֻ֖הוּ | wayyə-mi-ttû-hû} ‘and they killed him,’ underscoring decisive violence.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
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 14:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (vayishlekhu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.19.W7.S1) and character.