1 Samuel 14:32:61 Sam.14.32.W6TAB
וַיִּקְח֨וּ
vayikkhu
“and they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they took
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU TSON u-va-KAR
- clause
va-ya-AS va-ya-AT ha-AM el-she-LAL ha-sha-LAL va-yik-KHU TSON u-va-KAR u-ve-NE va-KAR va-yish-kha-TU-AR-tse
- sentence
va-ya-AS va-ya-AT ha-AM el-she-LAL ha-sha-LAL va-yik-KHU TSON u-va-KAR u-ve-NE va-KAR va-yish-kha-TU-AR-tse va-yo-KHAL ha-AM al-ha-DAM
Exegesis
The verse is composed as a rapid chain of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyaʿaṭ {וַיַּעַט | wayyaʿaṭ} ‘and rushed’, wayyiqḥū {וַיִּקְחוּ | wayyiqḥū} ‘and they took’, wayyišḥəṭū-ʾāreṣāh {וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־אָרְצָה | wayyišḥəṭū-ʾā-reṣ-āh} ‘and they slaughtered’, wayyōʾaḥal {וַיֹּאכַל | wayyōʾaḥal} ‘and he ate’—which drives the narrative forward without conjunctions.
In context — 1 Samuel 14:32
And the people rushed to the spoil , took flocks, herds, and calves, slaughtered them on the open ground , and ate the meat along with the blood.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 14:32, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֨וּ (vayikkhu) 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 Sam.14.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.32.W6.S1) and character.