2 Kings 17:13:12 Kgs.17.13.W1TAB
וַיָּ֣עַד
vayaad
“and he warned or testified”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AD
- Extended
- vah-yah-AAD
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕaːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he warned or testified
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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' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Piel verb vayya‘ad {וַיָּ֣עַד | wayyā‘aḏ} ‘and he warned/testified,’ which introduces an emphatic prophetic action.
Root and etymology
y-‘-dyod–ayin–dalet
“to warn, testify, appoint”
In context — 2 Kings 17:13
And the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣עַד (vayaad) 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.17.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.13.W1.S1) and character.