2 Chronicles 13:17:12 Chr.13.17.W1TAB
וַיִּכּ֥וּ
vayikku
“and they struck”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KU
- Extended
- vah-yihk-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jikˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they struck
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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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KU va-HEM
- clause
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO
- sentence
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The verse advances the battle narrative through a chain of wayyiqtol forms: vayyakku {וַיַּכּ֥וּ | wayyaqqû} ‘and they struck’ drives the action forward, and wayyippelu {וַיִּפְּל֣וּ | wayyippəlû} ‘and they fell’ presents the immediate result.
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow , and 500,000 young men from Israel fell slain.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 13:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכּ֥וּ (vayikku) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.17.W1.S1) and character.