2 Chronicles 15:9:12 Chr.15.9.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ
vayikbots
“and he gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-BOTS
- Extended
- vah-yik-BOHTS
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈbɔs/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he gathered
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-BOTS
- clause
va-yik-BOTS et-KOL-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN ve-ha-ga-RIM im-ma-HEM me-ef-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE u-mish-shim-ON
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS et-KOL-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN ve-ha-ga-RIM im-ma-HEM me-ef-ra-YIM u-me-na-SHE u-mish-shim-ON ki-na-fe-LU a-LAV mi-yis-ra-EL la-ROV bir-o-TAM ki-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV im-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive on the imperfect verb vayiqbotz {וַיִּקְבֹּץ | wayyiq-bōṣ} ‘and he gathered’, signaling sequential narrative.
Root and etymology
ק־ב־ץ
“gather, collect”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they had fallen upon him in great number from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ (vayikbots) 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.15.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.9.W1.S1) and character.