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

Result
וְ + תָ + פַ֥שׂ
ve + ta + fas
vetafas

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ta-FAS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.