2 Kings 17:12:12 Kgs.17.12.W1TAB
וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ
vayavedu
“and they served”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-VE-du
- Extended
- vah-yah-VEH-doo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕavˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they served
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-VE-du
- clause
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential narrative marker vav-consecutive on vayya'avdu {וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ | wayyaʿaḇdū} ‘and they served’, which portrays continued idolatry.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ v d
“to serve, worship”
In context — 2 Kings 17:12
And they served the idols, which the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ (vayavedu) 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.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.12.W1.S1) and character.