2 Kings 17:27:12 Kgs.17.27.W1TAB
וַיְצַ֨ו
vayetsav
“and he commanded”
- Transliteration
- va-yE-tsav
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tsahv
- IPA
- /vaj.jəˈtsaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he commanded
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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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yE-tsav
- phraseyour reading level
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR
- clause
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM
- sentence
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM ve-yo-REM ET-mish-PA-t e-lo-HE ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vayetzav {וַיְצַ֨ו | wə-yə-ṣaḇ} ‘and he commanded’, linking the decree to prior events.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–he
“to command”
In context — 2 Kings 17:27
And the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Bring there one of the priests whom you exiled from there, and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the custom of the God of the land.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֨ו (vayetsav) 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.17.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.27.W1.S1) and character.