2 Kings 19:2:12 Kgs.19.2.W1TAB
וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAAkh
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM el-ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI ben-A-mots
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form vayishlach {וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח | wayyiš-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’, which frames the narrative action.
Root and etymology
shin–lamed–chetshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Elyakim , who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests, who were covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (vayishlakh) 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W1.S1) and character.