2 Kings 18:3:12 Kgs.18.3.W1TAB
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-ya-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive vayya’as {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | wayya·‘ăš} ‘and he did’ to mark sequential action.
In context — 2 Kings 18:3
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , according to all that David his father had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.3.W1.S1) and character.