2 Kings 23:15:182 Kgs.23.15.W18TAB
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ף
vayisrof
“and he burned”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-ROF
- Extended
- vah-yihs-ROHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈrof/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-ROF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA
- clause
va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA he-DAK le-a-FAR ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
- sentence
ve-GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER be-VEIT-EL ha-ba-MA a-SHER a-SA ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL GAM et-ha-miz-BE-akh ha-HU ve-et-ha-ba-MA na-TATS va-yis-ROF et-ha-ba-MA he-DAK le-a-FAR ve-sa-RAF a-she-RA
Exegesis
The narrative then accelerates with wayyiśrōp̄ {וַיִּשְׂרֹף | wayyiśrōp̄} ‘and he burned’, followed by the intensive hedaq ləʿāp̄ār {הֵדַק לְעָפָר | hēdaq ləʿāp̄ār} ‘he crushed (it) to dust’, expressing thorough eradication.
Root and etymology
š-r-pš-r-p
“to burn”
In context — 2 Kings 23:15
And also the altar that was in Bethel , the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, who caused Israel to sin; also that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place, crushed it to dust , and burned the Asherah pole.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:15:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Kings 23:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂרֹ֧ף (vayisrof) 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.23.15.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.15.W18.S1) and character.