1 Chronicles 18:5:81 Chr.18.5.W8TAB
וַיַּ֤ךְ
vayakh
“and struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck
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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH da-VID
- clause
va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-ya-BO a-RAM dar-me-SEK la-e-ZOR la-ha-dad-E-zer ME-lekh tso-VA va-YAKH da-VID ba-a-RAM e-se-rim-u-she-NA-yim E-lef ISH
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with vayyāk {וַיַּךְ | vayyāk} ‘and struck’ followed by the locative bā-ʾArām {בַּאֲרָם | bā-ʾArām} ‘in Aram’.
Root and etymology
y-k-hyod–kaf–heh
“to strike, smite”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:5
And the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah , and David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aram.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤ךְ (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.18.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.5.W8.S1) and character.