Isaiah 39:2:1Isa.39.2.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח
vayismakh
“and he rejoiced”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-MA-kh
- Extended
- vah-yihs-MAH-kh
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈmaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rejoiced
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-MA-kh
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM
- clause
va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV
- sentence
va-yis-MA-kh a-le-HEM khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yar-EM et-BET ne-kho-TO et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV ve-et-ha-be-sa-MIM ve-ET ha-SHE-men ha-TOV ve-ET kal-BET ke-LAV ve-ET kal-a-SHER nim-tsa be-o-tse-ro-TAV lo-ha-YA da-VAR a-SHER lo-her-AM khiz-ki-YA-hu be-ve-TO u-ve-khal-mem-shal-TO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol verb wayyiśmaḥ {וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח | wayyiśmaḥ} ‘and he rejoiced,’ marking the reaction of ḥizqiyyāhû {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥizqiyyāhû}.
In context — Isaiah 39:2
Hezekiah was pleased with them and showed them the house of his precious things , the silver, the gold, the spices, and the good oil, along with all the house of his armor, and everything in his treasuries; nothing in his house or in all his dominion was withheld from them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 39:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 39:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח (vayismakh) 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.39.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.39.2.W1.S1) and character.