2 Kings 17:32:42 Kgs.17.32.W4TAB
וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ
vayaasu
“and they made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they made
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
- sentence
va-yih-YU ye-re-IM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-SU la-HEM mik-tso-TAM ko-ha-NEI va-MOT va-yih-YU o-SIM la-HEM be-VEIT ha-va-MOT
Exegesis
The coordination of wayyaasū {וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ | wayyaʿăśû} ‘and they made’ with the participle ʿôśîm {עֹשִׂ֥ם | ʿôśîm} ‘doing (ritual offerings)’ indicates both appointment and cultic activity.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Sin–Heh
“to make, do”
In context — 2 Kings 17:32
They feared the LORD , but they also made for themselves from among themselves priests of the high places, and they continually offered sacrifices for them in the house of the high places .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:32, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (vayaasu) 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.17.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.32.W4.S1) and character.