1 Kings 20:36:171 Kgs.20.36.W17TAB
וַיַּכֵּֽהוּ׃
vayakehu
“and it struck him”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yah-KEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KE-hu
- clause
va-YE-lekh me-ET-slo va-yim-tsa-E-hu ha-ar-YE va-ya-KE-hu
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO YA-an a-SHER lo-sha-MA-e-ta be-KOL ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-kha ho-LEKH me-i-TI ve-hik-KHE-kha ha-ar-YE va-YE-lekh me-ET-slo va-yim-tsa-E-hu ha-ar-YE va-ya-KE-hu
Exegesis
The subsequent narrative employs rapid vav-consecutive perfects: vayelekh {וַיֵּלֶךְ | va-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, vayimtza’ehu {וַיִּמְצָאֵהוּ | va-yim-ṣā-’ē-hu} ‘and it found him’, and vayyakkehu {וַיַּכֵּהוּ | va-ya-kĕ-hu} ‘and it struck him’, presenting the fatal outcome in swift sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 20:36
And he said to him, “Because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD , behold, as you depart from me the lion will strike you.” Then he went away from beside him, and the lion found him and struck him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:36:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 20:36, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכֵּֽהוּ׃ (vayakehu) 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.20.36.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.36.W17.S1) and character.