2 Kings 16:15:22 Kgs.16.15.W2TAB

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה

vayetsave

and he commanded

Transliteration
va-ye-tsa-VE
Extended
vah-yeh-tsah-VEH
IPA
/vaj.tsaˈvɛː/

Meaning by language

English
and he commanded

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + צַ + וֶּ֣ה
va + ye + tsa + ve
vayetsave

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-tsa-VE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ

  3. clause

    va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ et-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN le-MOR AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ga-DOL ha-ke-TER et-o-LAT-ha-BO-ker ve-et-min-KHAT ha-E-rev ve-et-o-LAT ha-ME-lekh ve-et-min-kha-TO ve-ET o-LAT KAL-AM ha-A-rets u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-ke-HEM ve-KAL-DAM o-LA ve-KAL-DAM-ZE-vakh a-LAV tiz-ROK

  4. sentence

    va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ et-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN le-MOR AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ga-DOL ha-ke-TER et-o-LAT-ha-BO-ker ve-et-min-KHAT ha-E-rev ve-et-o-LAT ha-ME-lekh ve-et-min-kha-TO ve-ET o-LAT KAL-AM ha-A-rets u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-ke-HEM ve-KAL-DAM o-LA ve-KAL-DAM-ZE-vakh a-LAV tiz-ROK u-miz-BA-akh han-ne-KHO-shet yih-ye-LE le-vak-KER

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayetzaveh {וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה | wayyəṣṣawwéh} ‘and he commanded’ introduces a direct royal instruction.

Root and etymology

צ־ו־ה

to command

In context2 Kings 16:15

King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, with their grain offering and their drink offerings. You shall sprinkle all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice on it. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire .”

About this coordinate

2 Kings 16:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (vayetsave) 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.16.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.15.W2.S1) and character.