2 Kings 23:20:12 Kgs.23.20.W1TAB
וַ֠יִּזְבַּח
vayizbakh
“and he sacrificed”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-BAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihz-BAAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sacrificed
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiz-BAKH
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH et-KOL-ko-ha-NE ha-ba-MOT a-sher-SHAM al-ha-miz-be-KHOT va-yis-ROF et-ats-MOT a-DAM a-le-HEM va-ya-SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs: wayyizbaḥ {וַיִּזְבַּח | wayyizbaḥ} ‘and he slaughtered’, wayyisrof {וַיִּשְׂרֹף | wayyisrof} ‘and he burned’, and wayyāšāv {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāv} ‘and he returned’.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“to sacrifice”
In context — 2 Kings 23:20
And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there on the altars, and he burned human bones upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:20, so the Hebrew word וַ֠יִּזְבַּח (vayizbakh) 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.23.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.20.W1.S1) and character.