2 Kings 13:14:112 Kgs.13.14.W11TAB
וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ
vayevk
“wept”
- Transliteration
- va-YEVK
- Extended
- vah-YEHVK
- IPA
- /vajˈjevk/
Meaning by language
- English
- wept
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YEVK
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEVK al-pa-NAV
- clause
va-ye-RED e-LAV yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YEVK al-pa-NAV va-yo-MAR a-VI a-VI RE-khev yis-ra-EL u-fa-ra-SHAV
- sentence
veh-eh-lee-SHAA kha-LAA et-kha-le-YOH ah-SHER yah-MOOT BO va-ye-RED e-LAV yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YEVK al-pa-NAV va-yo-MAR a-VI a-VI RE-khev yis-ra-EL u-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
Emotional intensity is conveyed in vayyevekh {וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ | wə-yē-vakh} ‘and he wept’ over panav {פָּנָיו֙ | pā-nā-v} ‘his face’, linking physical proximity to grief.
In context — 2 Kings 13:14
And Elisha became ill with the sickness that would lead to his death; then Joash, king of Israel, went down to him, wept over his face and said, “My father , my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 13:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤בְךְּ (vayevk) 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 Kgs.13.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.14.W11.S1) and character.