2 Kings 20:6:122 Kgs.20.6.W12TAB
וְגַנּוֹתִי֙
vegannoti
“and I will defend”
- Transliteration
- ve-gan-NO-ti
- Extended
- veh-gahn-NOH-tee
- IPA
- /vəɣanːoːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will defend
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-gan-NO-ti
- clause
ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
- sentence
ve-ho-saf-TI al-ya-ME-kha kha-MESH e-se-RE sha-NA u-mik-KAF ME-lekh-a-shur a-TSIL-kha ve-ET ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-gan-NO-ti al-ha-IR ha-ZOT le-ma-a-NI u-le-MA-an da-VID av-DI
Exegesis
Vegannoti {וְגַנּוֹתִי | wəgannōtî} ‘and I will defend’ shifts to protective action in Qal perfect. The repetition of ha-ir hazot underscores the focus on the city.
In context — 2 Kings 20:6
I will increase your days by fifteen years, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word וְגַנּוֹתִי֙ (vegannoti) 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.20.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.6.W12.S1) and character.