2 Kings 23:1:32 Kgs.23.1.W3TAB
וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ
vayaasfu
“and they gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-as-FU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahs-FOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʔasˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they gathered
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-as-FU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-as-FU e-LAV
- clause
va-ya-as-FU e-LAV kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-ME-lekh va-ya-as-FU e-LAV kal-zik-NE ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive verb vayasfu {וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ | va-yaʾ-ás-pu} ‘and they gathered’ shifts focus to the elders, while the suffix elav {אֵלָ֔יו | ʾê-lā-v} ‘to him’ indicates direction.
In context — 2 Kings 23:1
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּאַסְפ֣וּ (vayaasfu) 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.23.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.1.W3.S1) and character.