2 Samuel 19:14:62 Sam.19.14.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:15
וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ
vayishlekhu
“and they sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃləˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-le-KHU el-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU el-ha-ME-lekh SHUV a-TA ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
va-YAT ET-le-VAV kol-Ish-ye-hu-DA ke-ISH e-KHAD va-yish-le-KHU el-ha-ME-lekh SHUV a-TA ve-khol-a-va-DE-kha
Exegesis
The comparative clause kə-ʾîš ʾe-ḥād {כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד | kə-ʾîš ʾe-ḥād} frames collective unity, and the coordination of way-yiš-lə-ḥû {וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ | way-yiš-lə-ḥû} followed by the imperative šûḇ {שׁוּב | šûḇ} connects the internal shift with the external message.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:14
And he inclined the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they sent to the king, “Return, you and all your servants.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (vayishlekhu) 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.19.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.14.W6.S1) and character.