2 Kings 23:6:92 Kgs.23.6.W9TAB
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף
vayisrof
“and he burned”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-ROF
- Extended
- vah-yihs-ROHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈrof/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-ROF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-ROF o-TA
- clause
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
- 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’).
Root and etymology
š-r-pš-r-p
“to burn”
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 23:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 23:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (vayisrof) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.6.W9.S1) and character.