2 Kings 19:9:102 Kgs.19.9.W10TAB

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח

vayishlakh

and he sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yihsh-LAKH
IPA
/vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and he sent

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַ֣ח
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM

  3. clause

    va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA el-tir-ha-KA ME-lekh-KUSH le-MOR hi-NE ya-TSA le-hil-la-KHEM it-TAKH va-ya-SHAV va-yish-LAKH mal-a-KHIM el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive pair vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} and vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח | wayyišlāḥ} indicates result and continuation.

Root and etymology

shin–lamed–chetshin–lamed–chet

to send

In context2 Kings 19:9

And the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah , king of Cush, “Behold, he has gone out to fight against you”; he returned and sent messengers again to Hezekiah to say.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 19:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (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.19.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.9.W10.S1) and character.