1 Chronicles 18:1:31 Chr.18.1.W3TAB
וַיַּ֥ךְ
vayakh
“and he struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH da-VID
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The sequence of vav consecutive verbs vayyak {וַיַּ֥ךְ | wayyaḵ} ‘he struck’, vayyakni'em {וַיַּכְנִיעֵ֑ם | wayyaknîʿêm} ‘he subdued them’, and vayyiqqah {וַיִּקַּ֛ח | wayyiqqaḥ} ‘he took’ emphasizes David’s military actions in a climactic progression.
Root and etymology
y-k-hyod–kaf–heh
“to strike, smite”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:1
And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥ךְ (vayakh) 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.1.W3.S1) and character.