2 Chronicles 18:5:12 Chr.18.5.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ
vayikbots
“and he gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-BOTS
- Extended
- vah-yik-BOHTS
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈbɔːts/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM
- clause
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM ar-BA me-OT ISH va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL
- sentence
va-yik-BOTS ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL et-ha-ne-vi-IM ar-BA me-OT ISH va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-ekh-DAL va-yom-RU a-LE ve-yit-TEN ha-e-lo-HIM be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The narrative begins with wayyiqbotz {וַיִּקְבֹּץ | wă-yīq-bōṣ} ‘and he gathered’, using the vav-consecutive to advance the story.
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:5
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets—four hundred men—and asked them, “Is it right for us to go to war at Ramoth Gilead, or should I refrain?” They answered, “Go up, and God will hand it over to the king’s authority .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 18:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ (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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.5.W1.S1) and character.