2 Kings 15:3:12 Kgs.15.3.W1TAB
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-ya-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕaś/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA a-mats-ya-HU a-VIV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿaś} ‘and he did’, establishing a sequential narrative structure typical in biblical Hebrew.
In context — 2 Kings 15:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , just as all that Amaziah his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.15.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.3.W1.S1) and character.