2 Kings 17:18:52 Kgs.17.18.W5TAB
וַיְסִרֵ֖ם
vayesirem
“and he removed them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-si-REM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sih-REEM
- IPA
- /vajəsiˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he removed them
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-si-REM
- clause
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV
- sentence
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV LO nish-AR RAK SHE-vet ye-hu-DA le-vad-DO
Exegesis
A successive vav-consecutive hiphil verb hiphil {וַיְסִרֵם | way·yə·sî·rêm} ‘causative expulsion’ frames God’s action to remove the people, and the spatial metaphor meʿal panav with meʿal {מֵעַל | mē·ʿal} ‘from above’ and panav {פָּנָיו | pā·nāw} ‘presence’ indicates removal from divine presence.
In context — 2 Kings 17:18
And the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from before His face. Only the tribe of Judah was left by itself .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיְסִרֵ֖ם (vayesirem) 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.17.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.18.W5.S1) and character.