2 Kings 22:16:92 Kgs.22.16.W9TAB
וְעַל־יֹֽשְׁבָ֑יו
vealyoshevav
“and upon its inhabitants”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- Extended
- veh-ahl-yoh-sheh-VAAV
- IPA
- /vəʕal.joʃăˈvaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon its inhabitants
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV ET kal-div-RE ha-SE-fer a-SHER ka-RA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The paired phrases ʾel-ham-mā-qôm {אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם | ʾel-ham-mā-qôm} ‘on this place’ and və-ʿal-yō-šə-ḇāw {וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָיו | və-ʿal-yō-šə-ḇāw} ‘and on its inhabitants’ delimit the proclamation’s scope.
In context — 2 Kings 22:16
Thus says the LORD : “See, I will bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, in accordance with all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 22:16, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־יֹֽשְׁבָ֑יו (vealyoshevav) 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.22.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.16.W9.S1) and character.