2 Kings 13:17:52 Kgs.13.17.W5TAB
וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח
vayiftakh
“opened”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-TAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihf-TAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- opened
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-TAKH
- clause
va-yo-MER pe-TAKH ha-kha-LON KED-ma va-yif-TAKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER pe-TAKH ha-kha-LON KED-ma va-yif-TAKH va-yo-MER e-li-SHA ye-REH va-YOR va-yo-MER KHEts-teh-shoo-AA la-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEts teh-shoo-AA va-a-RAM ve-hi-KEE-ta ET-a-RAM ba-a-FEK ad-ka-LEH
Exegesis
The verse unfolds in a rapid vav-consecutive narrative sequence that heightens prophetic immediacy: vayomer {וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | way·yō·mer} “and he said,” vayiftach {וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח | way·yif·ṭāḥ} “and he opened,” and vayyor {וַיּוֹר | way·yōr} “and he shot.”
Root and etymology
p-t-ḥpeh–tav–ḥet
“to open”
In context — 2 Kings 13:17
And he said, “Open the window toward the east,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. Then he said, “The LORD’s arrow of deliverance, even an arrow of deliverance against Aram. You will strike Aram at Aphek until you have made an end of them.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח (vayiftakh) 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.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.17.W5.S1) and character.