2 Chronicles 21:17:32 Chr.21.17.W3TAB
וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ
vayivkauha
“and they broke into it”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-ka-U-ha
- Extended
- vah-yihv-kah-OO-hah
- IPA
- /vaj.jiv.qaˈʕuː.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they broke into it
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-ka-U-ha
- clause
va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu vi-ye-hu-DA va-yiv-ka-U-ha va-yish-BU ET KAL-ha-re-KHUSH ha-nim-TSA le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh ve-gam-ba-NAV ve-na-SHAV ve-LO nish-AR-lo BEN KI im-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ke-TON ba-NAV
Exegesis
The narrative employs successive vav-consecutive verbs: vayya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֤וּ | va-ya-‘ăl-lū} ‘and they went up,’ vayivqa'uhu {וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ | va-yi-vqa-‘û-hā} ‘and they broke it open,’ and vayishbū {וַיִּשְׁבּ֗וּ | va-yi-šib-bū} ‘and they took captive,’ to depict a continuous sequence of hostile actions.
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:17
They went up into Judah and broke it open, and took captive all the possessions that were found in the house of the king, and also his sons and his wives. No son was left to him except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 21:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְקָע֔וּהָ (vayivkauha) 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.21.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.17.W3.S1) and character.