2 Kings 18:36:12 Kgs.18.36.W1TAB
וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ
vehekherishu
“and they kept silent”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-khe-RI-shu
- Extended
- veh-heh-kheh-REE-shoo
- IPA
- /və.hɛħ.ʁiˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they kept silent
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-khe-RI-shu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM
- clause
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR
- sentence
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR KI-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form of the verb hecherishu {וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ | wə-ḥeḥă-rî-šû}, a Hifil perfect that signals narrative sequence.
In context — 2 Kings 18:36
But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, because it was the command of the king, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:36:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁוּ (vehekherishu) 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.18.36.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.36.W1.S1) and character.