2 Kings 24:2:12 Kgs.24.2.W1TAB
וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח
vayeshalakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shah-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO
- clause
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID
- sentence
va-ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH BO et-ge-du-DE khas-de-DIM ve-et-ge-du-DE a-RAM ve-ET ge-du-DE mo-AV ve-ET ge-du-DE ve-NE-a-MON va-ye-sha-le-KHEM bi-ye-hu-DA le-ha-a-VID kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD a-va-DAV ha-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive + imperfect vayshallach {וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח | wayyĕšallaḥ} ‘and he sent’, foregrounding divine initiative.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and the sons of Ammon, and He dispatched them into Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by His servants the prophets .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 24:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 24:2, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח (vayeshalakh) 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.24.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.24.2.W1.S1) and character.