2 Kings 23:6:152 Kgs.23.6.W15TAB
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙
vayashlekh
“and he threw”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-LEEKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he threw
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-LEKH
- clause
va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
- sentence
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
Exegesis
The verse employs a chain of vav-consecutive verbs to portray uninterrupted purgative action (vayotse {וַיֹּצֵא | way-yō-ṣê} ‘and he brought out’, vayis-rōp̄ {וַיִּשְׂרֹף | way-yis-rōp̄} ‘and he burned’, way-yā-ḏeq {וַיָּדֶק | way-yā-ḏeq} ‘and he crushed’, way-yaš-lēḵ {וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ | way-yaš-lēḵ} ‘and he cast’).
In context — 2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD , outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley; there he burned it, crushed it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the people .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 23:6, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ (vayashlekh) 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.23.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.6.W15.S1) and character.