Isaiah 36:21:1Isa.36.21.W1TAB
וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ
vayakharishu
“and they kept silent”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-ri-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-ri-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħ.ʁiˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they kept silent
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU
- clause
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR
- sentence
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
In context — Isaiah 36:21
But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 36:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (vayakharishu) 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 Isa.36.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W1.S1) and character.