2 Kings 14:21:12 Kgs.14.21.W1TAB
וַיִּקְח֞וּ
vayikkhu
“and they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- clause
va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA
- sentence
va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayyiqqəḥû {וַיִּקְח֞וּ | vayyiqqəḥû} ‘and they took’, where the vav-consecutive signals sequential narrative action.
In context — 2 Kings 14:21
Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old; and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֞וּ (vayikkhu) 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.14.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.21.W1.S1) and character.