2 Kings 23:3:12 Kgs.23.3.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד
vayaamod
“and he stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-MOD
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stood
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-MOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
Exegesis
This verse employs vav-consecutive forms vayya‘amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | wayya‘amod} ‘and he stood’ and vayikkhrot {וַיִּכְרֹת | wayyiḵrōt} ‘and he cut/made’, marking sequential covenant action.
In context — 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood upon the pillar and made the covenant before the LORD , to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all the heart and all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written upon this book; and all the people stood in the covenant.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 23:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד (vayaamod) 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.23.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.3.W1.S1) and character.