Isaiah 37:21:1Isa.37.21.W1TAB

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙

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

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַח֙
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-ya-HU ven-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH ye-sha-ya-HU ven-A-mots el-khiz-ki-YA-hu le-MOR ko-A-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER hit-pal-LAL-ta e-LAI el-san-khe-RIV ME-lekh a-SHUR

Exegesis

The verse opens with wayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ | wayyiš·lāḥ} ‘and he sent,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect marking direct speech.

Root and etymology

Shin-Lamed-Chetshin-lamed-chet

to send

In contextIsaiah 37:21

And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel , ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.’”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 37:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 37:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (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 Isa.37.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.37.21.W1.S1) and character.