2 Kings 14:9:12 Kgs.14.9.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-ho-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-a-mats-ya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA le-MOR ha-KHO-akh a-SHER bal-le-va-NON sha-LAKH el-ha-E-rez a-SHER bal-le-va-NON le-MOR te-NA-et-bit-te-KHA liv-NI le-ish-SHA va-ta-a-VOR kha-YAT has-sa-DE a-SHER bal-le-va-NON va-tir-MOS et-ha-KHO-akh
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayyišlaḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent’, indicating continuity.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 2 Kings 14:9
And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cedar there, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild beast of the field in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (vayishlakh) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.9.W1.S1) and character.