2 Kings 16:7:12 Kgs.16.7.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| 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 a-KHAZ
- clause
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH a-KHAZ mal-a-KHIM el-tig-LAT pe-LE-ser ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR av-de-KHA u-vin-KHA a-NI a-LE ve-ho-shi-E-ni mi-KAF ME-lekh-a-RAM u-mi-KAF ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ha-ko-MIM a-LAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | wayyišlāḥ}, a vav-consecutive plus Qal imperfect verb that links to the narrative.
Root and etymology
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 16:7
Ahaz dispatched envoys to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, pleading, “I am your servant and your son. Rise up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rebelling against me.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (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.16.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.7.W1.S1) and character.