2 Kings 17:9:82 Kgs.17.9.W8TAB
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ
vayivnu
“and they built”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-NU
- Extended
- vah-yihv-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT
- clause
va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The verb vayivnu {וַיִּבְנ֨וּ | va-yyiḇ-nū} ‘and they built’ marks deliberate construction, with bamot bechol-areihim {בָּמוֹת֙ בְּכָל־עָרֵיהֶם | bā-mōṯ bə-kol ’ā-rê-yem} ‘high places in all their cities’ indicating total proliferation.
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 17:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (vayivnu) 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.17.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W8.S1) and character.