2 Kings 19:18:132 Kgs.19.18.W13TAB
וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃
vayeabdem
“and they destroyed them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-AB-de-m
- Extended
- vah-yeh-AHB-dehm
- IPA
- /vaj.ʔabːəˈðuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they destroyed them
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-AB-de-m
- clause
KI LO e-lo-HIM HE-ma KI im-ma-a-SE ye-DE-a-DAM ETS va-E-ven va-ye-AB-de-m
- sentence
ve-na-TE-nu ET-e-lo-HE-hem ba-ESH KI LO e-lo-HIM HE-ma KI im-ma-a-SE ye-DE-a-DAM ETS va-E-ven va-ye-AB-de-m
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect vayab-dum {וַיְאַבְּדֽוּם | way-ʾabbə-dûm} ‘and they destroyed them’ conveys the completeness of their destruction. English past-tense verbs replicate the Hebrew vav-consecutive sequence, and “for” and “but” preserve the causal and adversative contrasts.
In context — 2 Kings 19:18
And they placed their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and they destroyed them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ (vayeabdem) 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.19.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.18.W13.S1) and character.