2 Kings 17:6:72 Kgs.17.6.W7TAB
וַיֶּ֥גֶל
vayegel
“and he led away”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-GEL
- Extended
- vah-yeh-GEHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈgɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he led away
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-GEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL
- clause
bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra
- sentence
bish-NAT hat-te-shi-IIT le-ho-SHE-a la-KHAD ME-lekh-a-SHUR et-shom-RON va-ye-GEL et-yis-ra-EL a-SHU-ra va-yo-SHEV o-TAM ba-kh-LAKH u-ve-kha-VOR ne-HAR go-ZAN ve-a-REI ma-DAI
Exegesis
The narrative then employs two Vav-consecutive imperfects—vayegel {וַיֶּ֥גֶל | way-ye-ḡel} ‘and he exiled’ and vayoshev {וַיֹּ֨שֶׁב | way-yō-šeḇ} ‘and he settled’—to advance the historical action.
Root and etymology
g-l-hgimel–lamed–he
“to exile, remove”
In context — 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the towns of Media .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּ֥גֶל (vayegel) 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.17.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.6.W7.S1) and character.