2 Kings 17:16:132 Kgs.17.16.W13TAB
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙
vayishtakhavu
“and they bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-khah-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃtaħăˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bowed down
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- clause
va-ya-a-SU a-she-RA va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-KHOL-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-av-DU et-ha-BA-al
- sentence
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM va-ya-a-SU a-she-RA va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-KHOL-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-av-DU et-ha-BA-al
In context — 2 Kings 17:16
And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves a molten idol of two calves, set up an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served Baal .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙ (vayishtakhavu) 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.17.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.16.W13.S1) and character.