2 Kings 14:7:72 Kgs.14.7.W7TAB
וְתָפַ֥שׂ
vetafas
“and he seized”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-FAS
- Extended
- veh-taa-FAS
- IPA
- /wətaːˈfas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he seized
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ta-FAS
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la
- clause
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
- 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
Sequential vav-consecutives wə-tafaš {וְתָפַשׂ | wə-tafaš} ‘and he captured’ and wayyiqrāʾ {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’ link the capture event to the renaming.
Root and etymology
פ־שׁ־טp-sh-t
“to seize”
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 14:7:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word וְתָפַ֥שׂ (vetafas) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W7.S1) and character.