2 Kings 16:5:102 Kgs.16.5.W10TAB
וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙
vayatsuru
“and they besieged”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-tsu-RU
- Extended
- vah-yah-tsuh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːtsuˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they besieged
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-tsu-RU
- clause
va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
- sentence
AZ ya-a-LE re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM u-PE-kakh ben-re-mal-ya-HU ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ye-ru-sha-LIM lam-mil-kha-MA va-ya-tsu-RU al-a-KHAZ ve-LO ya-khe-LU le-hil-la-KHEM
Exegesis
The narrative continues with vayatsuru {וַיָּצֻרוּ | vá-ya-ṣû-rū}, a plural imperfect indicating the coalition’s siege against Ahaz via al-akhaz {עַל־אָחָז | al-’ā-ḥāz}.
Root and etymology
“to bind, besiege”
In context — 2 Kings 16:5
Then Retsin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to make war , and they besieged Ahaz , but they were not able to fight him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 16:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙ (vayatsuru) 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.16.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.5.W10.S1) and character.