2 Kings 23:19:12 Kgs.23.19.W1TAB
וְגַם֩
vegam
“and also”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAM
- Extended
- veh-GAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈɣam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-GAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT
- clause
ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE sho-me-RON a-SHER a-SU mal-KHE yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS he-SIR yo-shi-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE sho-me-RON a-SHER a-SU mal-KHE yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS he-SIR yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-AS la-HEM ke-khol-ha-ma-a-SIM a-SHER a-SA be-VET-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the conjunction vegam {וְגַם | wə-gam} ‘and also’, signaling continuity with prior reforms.
In context — 2 Kings 23:19
And also, Josiah removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD , and he did to them according to all the deeds which he had done in Bethel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:19, so the Hebrew word וְגַם֩ (vegam) 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.23.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.19.W1.S1) and character.