2 Chronicles 13:19:52 Chr.13.19.W5TAB
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד
vayilkod
“and he captured”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-KOD
- Extended
- vah-yihl-KOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈkoːd/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-KOD mim-me-NU
- clause
va-yil-KOD mim-me-NU a-RIM et-BET-EL ve-et-be-NO-te-HA ve-et-ye-sha-NA ve-et-be-NO-te-HA ve-et-ef-RON
- sentence
va-yir-DOF a-vi-YA a-kha-RE ya-ra-VA-am va-yil-KOD mim-me-NU a-RIM et-BET-EL ve-et-be-NO-te-HA ve-et-ye-sha-NA ve-et-be-NO-te-HA ve-et-ef-RON ef-ra-YIN u-ve-no-TE-HA
Exegesis
The clause opens with two wayyiqtol forms, vayirdof {וַיִּרְדֹּף | wa-yirḏōp̄} ‘and he pursued’ followed by vayilqod {וַיִּלְכֹּד | wa-yilqōḏ} ‘and he captured,’ presenting rapid, sequential battlefield action.
Root and etymology
consonantslamed–kaf–dalet
“capture”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:19
And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its villages , Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron (Ephraim) and its villages.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 13:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד (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.13.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.19.W5.S1) and character.