2 Kings 23:30:132 Kgs.23.30.W13TAB
וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ
vayimshekhu
“and they anointed”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-she-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihm-sheh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈʃəħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they anointed
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-she-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-she-KHU o-TO
- clause
va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-yo-shi-YA-hu va-yim-she-KHU o-TO va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV
- sentence
va-yar-khi-BU-hu a-va-DAV MET mim-me-gid-DO va-ye-vi-U-hu ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-be-RU-hu bik-bu-ra-TO va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-yo-shi-YA-hu va-yim-she-KHU o-TO va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV
Exegesis
The shift in subject at vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiqqāḥ} introduces the people of the land (am-haaretz {עַם־הָאָרֶץ | ʿam-hā’āreṣ}) taking Jehoahaz ben Yoshiyahu and announcing succession through vayimshchu {וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ | wayyimšəḥû} “and they anointed him” and vayamlikhu {וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ | wayyamməlîḵû} “and they made him king,” with tachat aviv {תַּחַת אָבִיו | taḥat ’āḇîyw} marking “in place of his father.”
Root and etymology
מ-ש-ח
“to anoint”
In context — 2 Kings 23:30
His servants conveyed him , dead, in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his grave. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:30:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 23:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ (vayimshekhu) 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.23.30.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.30.W13.S1) and character.