2 Kings 13:3:12 Kgs.13.3.W1TAB
וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף
vayikharaf
“anger flared”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR-af
- Extended
- vah-yih-KHAHR-ahf
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈħar.ʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- anger flared
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR-af
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KHAR-af ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-af ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR-af ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-yit-te-NEM be-YAD kha-za-EL ME-lekh-a-RAM u-ve-YAD BEN-ha-DAD BEN-kha-za-EL kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
This verse begins with wayyichar {וַיִּֽחַר | wayyîḥar} ‘and it burned’, a waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb, followed by ’ap̄ {אַף | ʾāp̄} ‘anger’ and the divine name YHWH {יְהוָ֖ה | Yəhôwāh} ‘LORD’, combining to express “the anger of the LORD.”
Root and etymology
’-p̄
“nose, anger”
In context — 2 Kings 13:3
And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hand of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad, son of Hazael, all the days .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף (vayikharaf) 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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.3.W1.S1) and character.