2 Kings 17:29:62 Kgs.17.29.W6TAB
וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ
vayanikhu
“and they placed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-NI-khu
- Extended
- vah-yah-NIH-khoo
- IPA
- /vaj.janˈniːħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they placed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-NI-khu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT
- clause
va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU O-sim GOY GOY e-lo-HAV va-ya-NI-khu be-VET ha-ba-MOT a-SHER a-SU ha-sho-me-ro-NIM GOY GOY be-a-re-HEM A-sher HEM yo-she-VIM SHAM
Exegesis
In the second clause, the hiphil vayyanîḥû {וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ | vayyanîḥû} ‘and they set’ introduces the installation of idols.
In context — 2 Kings 17:29
And each nation made its own gods and set them in the shrines that the Samaritans had built in the cities where they lived.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 17:29, so the Hebrew word וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ (vayanikhu) 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.17.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.29.W6.S1) and character.