2 Kings 17:20:52 Kgs.17.20.W5TAB
וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם
vayeanem
“and he afflicted them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-a-NEM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ah-NEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jəʕanˈneːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he afflicted 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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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-a-NEM
- 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 linked verbs veyan’em {וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם | wayyi‘annēm} ‘and He afflicted them’ (Piel) and vayittenem {וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם | wayyitenēm} ‘and He gave them’ (Qal) heighten the progression of punishment.
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 17:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְעַנֵּ֔ם (vayeanem) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.20.W5.S1) and character.