2 Kings 17:10:12 Kgs.17.10.W1TAB
וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ
vayatstivu
“and they set up”
- Transliteration
- va-yats-TI-vu
- Extended
- vah-yats-TIH-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jatsˈt͡siːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they set up
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yats-TI-vu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM
- clause
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayyatsivu {וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ | wayyaṣṣîḇû} ‘and they set up,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect that marks sequential narrative action.
In context — 2 Kings 17:10
And they set up for themselves standing-stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ (vayatstivu) 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.17.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.10.W1.S1) and character.