2 Kings 16:12:42 Kgs.16.12.W4TAB
וַיַּ֥רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAHR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR-e ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-VA ha-ME-lekh mid-da-ME-sek va-YAR-e ha-ME-lekh et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-VA ha-ME-lekh mid-da-ME-sek va-YAR-e ha-ME-lekh et-ha-miz-BE-akh va-yik-RAV ha-ME-lekh al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ya-AL a-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to convey immediate action: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyābō} ‘and he came’, vayar {וַיַּרְא | wayyarʾ} ‘and he saw’, vayikrav {וַיִּקְרַב | wayyiqrav} ‘and he approached’, and vayaal {וַיַּעַל | wayyaʿal} ‘and he went up’.
In context — 2 Kings 16:12
And the king came from Damascus and saw the altar; then he advanced to it, ascended onto it, and offered upon it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (vayare) 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.16.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.12.W4.S1) and character.