2 Kings 14:20:12 Kgs.14.20.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ
vayiseu
“and they carried”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-E-u
- Extended
- vah-yihs-EH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they carried
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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-yis-E-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-E-u o-TO
- clause
va-yis-E-u o-TO al-ha-su-SIM
- sentence
va-yis-E-u o-TO al-ha-su-SIM va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequential narrative marked by the vav-consecutive imperfect vayisu {וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ | wayyōśēʾû} ‘and they carried’.
In context — 2 Kings 14:20
And they carried him on the horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (vayiseu) 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.14.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.20.W1.S1) and character.