2 Kings 22:19:112 Kgs.22.19.W11TAB
וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו
vealyoshevav
“and against its inhabitants”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- Extended
- veh-ahl-yoh-sheh-VAAV
- IPA
- /vəʕal.joːʃəˈvaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and against 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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Word in context
- word
ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- clause
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI
- sentence
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI ve-GAM a-no-KHI sha-MA-ti ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šeŕ} ‘that’ governs the perfect dibarti {דִּבַּרְתִּי | di·bbā·r·tî} ‘I have spoken’ against the place (al-hamakom {עַל־הַמָּקוֹם | ʿal·ham·mā·qôm} ‘against the place’) and its inhabitants (ve-al-yoshvav {וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו | we·ʿal·yō·šā·ḇāy} ‘and against its inhabitants’).
In context — 2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard My words about this place and its inhabitants—that they were destined for desolation and curse—and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I have heard you also, declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 22:19, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו (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.22.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.19.W11.S1) and character.