2 Kings 13:19:12 Kgs.13.19.W1TAB
וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף
vayiktsof
“was angry”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-TSOF
- Extended
- vah-yik-TSOHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈtsof/
Meaning by language
- English
- was angry
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-TSOF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV
- clause
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE
- sentence
va-yik-TSOF a-LAV ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER le-hak-KHOT kha-MESH o-SHESH pe-a-MIM AZ hi-ki-TA et-a-RAM ad-kal-LE ve-a-TA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM tak-KE et-a-RAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiqtsof {וַיִּקְצֹף | wayyiqṣōp̄} ‘he became angry’, establishing a past narrative action focused on divine emotion, followed by the prepositional phrase alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāyw} ‘at him’ marking the target of that emotion.
Root and etymology
Rootq–ṣ–p
“to be angry, rage”
In context — 2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God became angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Aram until it was completely destroyed . But now you will strike Aram only three times.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְצֹ֨ף (vayiktsof) 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.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.19.W1.S1) and character.