2 Kings 17:20:12 Kgs.17.20.W1TAB
וַיִּמְאַ֨
vayimas
“and he rejected”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-AS
- Extended
- vah-yihm-AS
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈʔas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rejected
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-AS Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yim-AS Ye-ho-VAH be-KHOL-ZE-ra yis-ra-EL va-ye-a-NEM va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD-sho-SIM
- sentence
va-yim-AS Ye-ho-VAH be-KHOL-ZE-ra yis-ra-EL va-ye-a-NEM va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD-sho-SIM AD a-SHER hish-li-KHAM mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayima’as {וַיִּמְאַ֨ס | wayyiqtol} ‘and He rejected’, establishing a narrative sequence of divine action.
In context — 2 Kings 17:20
And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He cast them out from before His presence .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְאַ֨ (vayimas) 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.17.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.20.W1.S1) and character.