2 Chronicles 2:11:42 Chr.2.11.W4TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:10
בִכְתָ֔ב
viktav
“in a letter”
- Transliteration
- vik-TAV
- Extended
- vihkh-TAAV
- IPA
- /vixˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a letter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vik-TAV
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ME-lekh-TSOR vik-TAV va-yish-LAKH el-she-lo-MO
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-RAM ME-lekh-TSOR vik-TAV va-yish-LAKH el-she-lo-MO be-a-ha-VAT ye-ho-VAH et-a-MO ne-TAN-kha a-LE-hem ME-lekh
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase bikhtav {בִּכְתָב | biḵtāv} ‘by letter’ specifies the mode of communication.
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:11
Huram, king of Tyre, replied in writing to Solomon, “Because of the love of the LORD for his people , He has made you king over them.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 2:11, so the Hebrew word בִכְתָ֔ב (viktav) 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.2.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.11.W4.S1) and character.