2 Kings 13:25:42 Kgs.13.25.W4TAB
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
vayikkakh
“took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihk-KAKH
- IPA
- /waj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- took
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM
- clause
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs to depict sequential military actions, beginning with vayashav {וַיָּשָׁב | wayyāšāḇ} and vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiqqaḥ}, which introduce restoration and seizure events.
Root and etymology
Rootl-q-ḥ
“to take, receive”
In context — 2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash restored and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of his father Jehoahaz in the war. Three times Joash struck him, and he restored the cities of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֤ח (vayikkakh) 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.13.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.25.W4.S1) and character.