2 Kings 24:15:12 Kgs.24.15.W1TAB

וַיֶּ֥גֶל

vayegel

and he deported

Transliteration
va-YE-gel
Extended
vah-YEH-gehl
IPA
/vajˈjɛ.ɣɛl/

Meaning by language

English
and he deported

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Result
וַ + יֶּ֥ + גֶל
va + ye + gel
vayegel

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-gel

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-gel ET-ye-ho-ya-KHIN

  3. clause

    va-YE-gel ET-ye-ho-ya-KHIN ba-ve-LA

  4. sentence

    va-YE-gel ET-ye-ho-ya-KHIN ba-ve-LA ve-ET-EM ha-ME-lekh ve-ET-ne-SHE ha-ME-lekh ve-ET-sa-ri-SAIV ve-ET u-LAI e-LE ha-A-rets ho-LIKH go-LA mi-ru-sha-LIM ba-ve-LA

Exegesis

The narrative verb begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayegel {וַיֶּ֥גֶל | wayyaḡel} ‘and he exiled,’ marking sequential action.

Root and etymology

ג־ל־הg-l-h

to exile, remove

In context2 Kings 24:15

And he exiled Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his officials, and the nobles of the land​—he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 24:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּ֥גֶל (vayegel) 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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.15.W1.S1) and character.