2 Kings 18:22:142 Kgs.18.22.W14TAB
וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
velirushalayim
“and to Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim
- Extended
- veh-lih-roo-shah-LA-yihm
- IPA
- /vəliːruːʃaˈlaːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to Jerusalem
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
ve-khi-to-me-RUN e-LAI el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu ba-TAKH-nu ha-lo-HU a-SHER he-SIR khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ba-mo-TAV ve-et-miz-be-kho-TAV va-yo-MER li-ye-hu-DA ve-li-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ZE tish-ta-kha-VU bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōʾmer} ‘and he said’ introduces a new speech act directed to liYehudah veLiYrushalayim {לִֽיהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | lᵉyhūdā wə-lîrûšālayim}.
In context — 2 Kings 18:22
But if you say to me, “In the LORD our God we have trusted”—is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, and who said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Before this altar you shall bow down in Jerusalem’?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (velirushalayim) 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.18.22.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.22.W14.S1) and character.