1 Samuel 20:16:11 Sam.20.16.W1TAB

וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת

vayikrot

and he cut or made {a covenant}

Transliteration
va-yik-ROT
Extended
vah-yik-ROHT
IPA
/vaj.jikˈroːt/

Meaning by language

English
and he cut or made {a covenant}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּכְ + רֹ֥ת
va + yik + rot
vayikrot

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan

  3. clause

    va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID

  4. sentence

    va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID u-vik-KESH ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-VE da-VID

Root and etymology

כ־ר־ת

to cut off; to make a covenant

In context1 Samuel 20:16

And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD require it from the hand of David’s enemies.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכְרֹ֥ת (vayikrot) 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.20.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.16.W1.S1) and character.