1 Kings 21:9:11 Kgs.21.9.W1TAB
וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב
vatikhtov
“and she wrote”
- Transliteration
- va-tikh-TOV
- Extended
- vah-tihkh-TOV
- IPA
- /vat.tixˈtov/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tikh-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM
- clause
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM le-MOR
- sentence
va-tikh-TOV ba-se-fa-RIM le-MOR kir-e-U-TSOM ve-ho-shi-VU et-NA-vot be-ROSH ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vatiktov {וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב | vat·tik·tōv} “and she wrote,” which advances the action.
Root and etymology
k-t-bkaf–tav–beth
“to write”
In context — 1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַתִּכְתֹּ֥ב (vatikhtov) 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.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.9.W1.S1) and character.