2 Kings 16:11:12 Kgs.16.11.W1TAB
וַיִּ֛בֶן
vayiven
“and he built”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-VEN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he built
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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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-VEN
- clause
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
Exegesis
The clause vayiven {וַיִּ֛בֶן | wayyiben} ‘and he built’ employs the narrative vav consecutive prefixing a Qal imperfect third person masculine singular to introduce the action.
Root and etymology
ב־נ־ה
“son”
In context — 2 Kings 16:11
Thus Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest did so before the king’s return from Damascus.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֛בֶן (vayiven) 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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W1.S1) and character.