2 Chronicles 29:30:142 Chr.29.30.W14TAB
וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ
vayikdedu
“and they bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-DE-du
- Extended
- vah-yihk-DEH-doo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈdɛ.ðuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bowed down
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-DE-du
- clause
va-ye-hal-LU ad-le-sim-KHA va-yik-DE-du va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ha-ME-lekh ve-ha-sa-RIM lal-vi-YIM le-hal-LEL la-ye-ho-VAH be-div-REI da-VID ve-a-SAF ha-kho-ZEH va-ye-hal-LU ad-le-sim-KHA va-yik-DE-du va-yish-ta-kha-VU
Exegesis
The narrative employs a chain of vav-consecutive verbs: vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-ʾmer} ‘and he said’, vayehallu {וַיְהַלְלוּ | yə-hal-lē-lû} ‘and they praised’, vayikkedu {וַיִּקְּדוּ | yik-kə-ḏû} ‘and they bowed’, and vayishtachavu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ | yiś-ta-ḥă-vû} ‘and they prostrated themselves’ to sequence royal command and worship. The subject “King Hezekiah and the officials” functions as issuing authority.
In context — 2 Chronicles 29:30
And King Hezekiah and the officials said to the Levites, “Praise the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer.” Then they praised until there was gladness, and they bowed and prostrated themselves .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 29:30:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 29:30, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ (vayikdedu) 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.29.30.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.29.30.W14.S1) and character.