2 Kings 17:24:142 Kgs.17.24.W14TAB
וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙
vayirshu
“and they possessed”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yih r-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they possessed
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-SHU
- clause
va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
- sentence
va-ya-VE ME-lekh-a-SHUR mi-ba-VEL u-mi-ku-TA u-me-a-VA u-me-kha-MAT u-se-far-va-YIM va-yo-SHEV be-a-RE sho-me-RON TA-khat be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yir-SHU et-sho-me-RON va-ye-she-VU be-a-re-HA
Root and etymology
y-r-shy-r-sh
“to inherit, possess”
In context — 2 Kings 17:24
And the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria as a substitute for the Israelites. Then they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽרְשׁוּ֙ (vayirshu) 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.17.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.24.W14.S1) and character.