2 Kings 21:5:12 Kgs.21.5.W1TAB
וַיִּ֥בֶן
vayiven
“and he built”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-VEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT
- clause
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yi-VEN miz-be-KHOT le-khol-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim bish-TE kha-tse-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
vayiven {וַיִּבֶן | wayyîḇēn} ‘and he built’ begins the narrative clause with the vav-consecutive imperfect to convey sequential action.
Root and etymology
ב־נb-n
“son, descendant”
In context — 2 Kings 21:5
And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֥בֶן (vayiven) 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.21.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.5.W1.S1) and character.