2 Chronicles 18:1:62 Chr.18.1.W6TAB
וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן
vayitkhaten
“and he made a marriage alliance”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-kha-TEN
- Extended
- vah-yit-khah-TEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ħatˈtɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made a marriage alliance
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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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yit-kha-TEN
- clause
va-yit-kha-TEN le-akh-AV
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-yo-sha-FAT O-sher ve-kha-VOD la-ROV va-yit-kha-TEN le-akh-AV
Exegesis
The Hithpael imperfect vayitchatten {וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן | wə·yiṯ·ḥat·tên} ‘he allied himself by marriage’ introduces a deliberate political bond, while leakhav {לְאַחְאָֽב | lə·ʾăḥ·ʾāḇ} ‘to Ahab’ specifies the partner. English reorders for clarity but preserves the sequence from prosperity to strategic alliance.
Root and etymology
chet–tet–nunḥ–t–n
“to become related by marriage”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:1
Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor in abundance, and he linked himself by marriage to Ahab .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 18:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן (vayitkhaten) 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.18.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.1.W6.S1) and character.