2 Kings 17:7:142 Kgs.17.7.W14TAB
וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ
vayireu
“and they feared”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-E-u
- Extended
- vah-yeer-EH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they feared
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-E-u
- clause
va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-kha-TE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-hem ham-ma-a-LE o-TAM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM mit-ta-KHAT YAD par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM va-yir-E-u e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The verse ends with a new wayyiqtol verb vayiru {וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ | wayyirʾû} ‘and they feared/revered’, moving from cause to consequent behavior: despite being delivered, they directed reverence toward elohim akherim {אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים | ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm} ‘other gods’, framing the sin specifically as idolatrous allegiance.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Resh–Aleph
“to fear, to revere”
In context — 2 Kings 17:7
And it happened that, because the sons of Israel sinned against the LORD their God , the One who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, they feared other gods.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ (vayireu) 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.17.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.7.W14.S1) and character.