2 Kings 19:20:12 Kgs.19.20.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַח֙
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 ye-sha-YA-hu ben-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-YA-hu ben-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pa-lal-TA e-LAI el-san-KHE-riv ME-lekh-a-SHUR sha-MA-ti
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the verb vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ | vá-yish-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’, setting a messenger context by introducing Isaiah before the recipient.
Root and etymology
shin–lamed–chetshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — 2 Kings 19:20
And Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel : I have heard the prayer you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (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.19.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.20.W1.S1) and character.