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
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan
- clause
va-yik-ROT ye-ho-NA-tan im-BET da-VID
- 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 context — 1 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.