2 Kings 14:12:12 Kgs.14.12.W1TAB
וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף
vayinnagef
“and was struck down or was defeated”
- Transliteration
- va-yin-NA-gef
- Extended
- vah-yihn-NAA-gehf
- IPA
- /vaj.jinˈnaːɣɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and was struck down or was defeated
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yin-NA-gef
- phraseyour reading level
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-re-EL
- sentence
va-yin-NA-gef ye-hu-DA lif-NE yis-re-EL va-ya-NU-su ISH le-e-ho-LO le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayinnagef {וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף | way·yi·nā·geḥ} ‘and was defeated’, which frames Judah’s loss as part of the narrative flow.
Root and etymology
נ־ג־ף
“to strike”
In context — 2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was defeated before Israel, and each man fled to his tents .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף (vayinnagef) 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.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.12.W1.S1) and character.