2 Kings 14:7:122 Kgs.14.7.W12TAB
יָקְתְאֵ֔ל
yokteel
“Joktheel”
- Transliteration
- yok-te-EL
- Extended
- yaak-teh-EEL
- IPA
- /jɔq.təˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Joktheel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yok-te-EL
- clause
va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The accusative marker ’et {אֶת־ | ʼet} introduces the noun shemāh {שְׁמָהּ | shemāh} ‘its name’, followed by the proper noun yāqeṯʾēl {יָקְתְאֵל | yāqeṯʾēl}.
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word יָקְתְאֵ֔ל (yokteel) 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.14.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W12.S1) and character.