2 Chronicles 28:4:22 Chr.28.4.W2TAB
וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר
vayekatter
“and he made incense or made offerings up in smoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kat-TER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kaht-TEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jəqaˈtːeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made incense or made offerings up in smoke
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-kat-TER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-zab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER
- clause
va-ye-zab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT
- sentence
va-ye-zab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The verse begins with successive piel imperfect verbs preceded by the vav consecutive, vayizbach {וַיְזַבֵּחַ | wa-yə-zab-bê-aḥ} ‘and he sacrificed’ and vayekatter {וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר | wa-yə-qaṭ-têr} ‘and he burned incense,’ setting a ritual sequence.
Root and etymology
q-ṭ-rqof–tet–resh
“to burn incense”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:4
He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places , on the hills, and beneath every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 28:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר (vayekatter) 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.28.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.4.W2.S1) and character.