2 Kings 23:35:22 Kgs.23.35.W2TAB

וְהַזָּהָ֗ב

vehazahav

and the gold

Transliteration
ve-ha-za-HAV
Extended
veh-hah-zah-HAAV
IPA
/vəha.zaːˈhaːv/

Meaning by language

English
and the gold

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Result
וְ + הַ + זָּ + הָ֗ב
ve + ha + za + hav
vehazahav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-za-HAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV

  3. clause

    ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO

Exegesis

The clause opens with a fronted compound object, veha-kesef {וְהַכֶּ֣סֶף | wə-hā-ké-sef} ‘and the silver’ plus vehazahav {וְהַזָּהָ֗ב | wə-hā-zā-hāḇ} ‘and the gold,’ foregrounding the tribute before the verb.

In context2 Kings 23:35

Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; however, he assessed the land to give the silver at Pharaoh’s word, and he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each man according to his valuation, to give to Pharaoh Necho.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 23:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:35, so the Hebrew word וְהַזָּהָ֗ב (vehazahav) 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.23.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.35.W2.S1) and character.