2 Chronicles 12:4:12 Chr.12.4.W1TAB
וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד
vayilkod
“and he captured”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-KOD
- Extended
- vah-yihl-KOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈkoːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he captured
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-yil-KOD
- clause
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-yil-KOD ET-a-RE ham-me-tsu-ROT a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-ya-VO ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayilkod {וַיִּלְכֹּד | wayyiqōḏ} ‘and he captured’, establishing a sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–kaph–dalet
“to capture”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:4
And he captured the fortified cities of Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד (vayilkod) 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 2 Chr.12.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.4.W1.S1) and character.