1 Chronicles 14:16:61 Chr.14.16.W6TAB
וַיַּכּוּ֙
vayaku
“and they struck”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KU
- Extended
- vah-yah-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they struck
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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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-KU
- clause
va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
- sentence
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
Exegesis
The subsequent vav consecutive in vayyakku {וַיַּכּוּ | way·yakk·û} ‘and they struck’ resumes the narrative action, with et {אֶת־ | ’et} marking machaneh {מַחֲנֵה | maḥ·nā·hê} ‘camp’ as direct object.
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכּוּ֙ (vayaku) 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 1 Chr.14.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.16.W6.S1) and character.