2 Kings 21:23:42 Kgs.21.23.W4TAB
וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ
vayamitu
“and they put to death”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-MI-tu
- Extended
- vah-yaa-MEE-too
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈmiː.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they put to death
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-MI-tu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh be-VE-TO
- sentence
va-yik-she-RU av-DE-a-MON a-LAV va-ya-MI-tu et-ha-ME-lekh be-VE-TO
Exegesis
The causative hiphil verb vayamitu {וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ | wayyāmiṯû} ‘and they put to death’ introduces the lethal action, with the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾêt} preceding hamelekh {הַמֶּלֶךְ | hamméleḵ} ‘the king’.
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 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ (vayamitu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.23.W4.S1) and character.