2 Kings 21:23:12 Kgs.21.23.W1TAB
וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ
vayiksheru
“and they conspired”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-she-RU
- Extended
- vah-yik-sheh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqʃəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they conspired
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-she-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON
- clause
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh be-VE-TO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential marker vav consecutive attached to the Qal imperfect in vayikshru {וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ | wayyiqšərû} ‘and they conspired’, signaling a new narrative action.
Root and etymology
q-š-rqof–shin–resh
“to bind, to conspire”
In context — 2 Kings 21:23
And the servants of Amon conspired against him and put the king to death in his house .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ (vayiksheru) 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.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.23.W1.S1) and character.