2 Kings 20:13:42 Kgs.20.13.W4TAB
וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם
vayarem
“and he showed them”
- Transliteration
- va-yar-EM
- Extended
- vah-yahr-EEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jarˈʔeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he showed 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yar-EM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yar-EM et-KOL-BET ne-kho-TO
- clause
va-yish-MA a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-KOL-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET BET ke-LAV ve-ET KOL-a-SHER nim-TSA be-ots-ro-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-MA a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-KOL-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET BET ke-LAV ve-ET KOL-a-SHER nim-TSA be-ots-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-VE-to u-ve-KOL-mem-shal-TO
Exegesis
It is immediately followed by wayyar’êm {וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם | wayyar’êm} ‘and he showed them,’ creating a two-step narrative sequence.
In context — 2 Kings 20:13
Hezekiah welcomed them and then showed them the whole house of his treasures : silver and gold, spices, precious oil, the house of his weapons, and everything found in his storehouses . Nothing in his palace or in all his dominion was left unshown to them.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 20:13, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְאֵ֣ם (vayarem) 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.20.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.13.W4.S1) and character.