1 Kings 21:8:11 Kgs.21.8.W1TAB
וַתִּכְתֹּ֤ב
vatiktov
“and she wrote”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-TOV
- Extended
- vah-tihk-TOV
- IPA
- /vat.tixˈtoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she wrote
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-tik-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM
- clause
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM be-SHEM a-kha-AV va-takh-TOM be-kho-ta-MO
- sentence
va-tik-TOV se-fa-RIM be-SHEM a-kha-AV va-takh-TOM be-kho-ta-MO va-tish-LAKH ha-se-fa-RIM se-fa-RIM el-ha-ze-ke-NIM ve-el-ha-kho-RIM a-SHER be-i-RO ha-yo-she-VIM et-na-VOT
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through consecutive wayyiqtol verbs: vatiktov {וַתִּכְתֹּב | va-ti-ktov} ‘and she wrote’, vatakhtom {וַתַּחְתֹּם | va-takh-tom} ‘and she sealed’, and vatishlakh {וַתִּשְׁלַח | va-ti-sh-lakh} ‘and she sent’, conveying a swift sequence of actions.
Root and etymology
k-t-bkaf–tav–beth
“to write”
In context — 1 Kings 21:8
And she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, the dwellers with Naboth.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:8, so the Hebrew word וַתִּכְתֹּ֤ב (vatiktov) 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.21.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.8.W1.S1) and character.