2 Samuel 15:10:12 Sam.15.10.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH av-sha-LOM me-rag-GE-lim be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL le-MOR ke-sha-me-a-KHEM et-KOL ha-sho-FAR va-a-mar-TEM ma-LAKH av-sha-LOM be-khev-RON
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayyišlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wayyiš·lâḥ} ‘and he sent’, using the vav-consecutive to mark sequential narrative action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-lamed-het
“to send”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:10
And Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of the trumpet , you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron .’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlakh) 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 Sam.15.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.10.W1.S1) and character.