2 Kings 19:8:32 Kgs.19.8.W3TAB
וַיִּמְצָא֙
vayimtsa
“and he found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-TSA
- Extended
- vah-yihm-TSAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he found
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yim-TSA
- clause
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV rav-sha-KE va-yim-TSA et-ME-lekh a-SHUR nil-KHAM al-liv-NA KI sha-MA KI na-SA mil-la-KHISH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive clause, vayimtza {וַיִּמְצָא | way-yim-ṣōʾ} ‘and he found’, continues the storyline.
In context — 2 Kings 19:8
And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְצָא֙ (vayimtsa) 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.19.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.8.W3.S1) and character.