Genesis 19:13:9Gen.19.13.W9TAB
וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ
vayeshallekhenu
“{And} sent us”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shahl-leh-KHEH-noo
- IPA
- /vajə.ʃal.lə.ˈħeː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} sent us
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
- sentence
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
Exegesis
The Piel wayyiqtol vayishalchenu {וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ | wa-ye-šal-lə-ḥênû} advances the narrative: “and He sent us,” with YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as the explicit subject to stress divine initiative.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send, dispatch”
In context — Genesis 19:13
For we are destroying this place, because their outcry has become great before the presence of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ (vayeshallekhenu) 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 Gen.19.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.13.W9.S1) and character.