2 Kings 16:10:132 Kgs.16.10.W13TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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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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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ lik-re-AT tig-LAT pil-E-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR du-ME-sek va-YAR-e et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-da-MA-sek va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ el-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-de-MUT ha-miz-BE-akh ve-et-tab-ni-TO le-khol-ma-a-SE-u
Exegesis
The verse advances by a chain of wayyiqtol verbs, beginning with wayyelek {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | wāyyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ and continuing with wayyar {וַיַּ֥רְא | wāyyarʾ} ‘and he saw’ and wayyishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ | wāyyišlaḥ} ‘and he sent,’ creating a rapid narrative sequence of travel, observation, and response.
Root and etymology
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 16:10
The king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. And the king Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern , according to all its workmanship.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (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.16.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.10.W13.S1) and character.