1 Kings 15:27:71 Kgs.15.27.W7TAB
וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ
vayakkehu
“and he struck him”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-KE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yahk-KEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he struck him
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 | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yak-KE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA
- clause
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV ba-e-SHA ben-a-khi-YA le-VET yis-sa-SKHAR va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA be-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV ba-e-SHA ben-a-khi-YA le-VET yis-sa-SKHAR va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA be-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM ve-na-DAV ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL tsa-RIM al-gib-be-TON
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect vayyakkehu {וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ | va-yyak-kē-hû} ‘and he struck him’ conveys the fulfillment of the conspiracy, followed by the locative begibton {בְּגִבְּת֖וֹן | bə-ḡib-tōn} ‘at Gibbethon’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–kaph–he
“to strike”
In context — 1 Kings 15:27
Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ (vayakkehu) 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 Kgs.15.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.27.W7.S1) and character.