2 Kings 15:16:102 Kgs.15.16.W10TAB
וַיַּ֑ךְ
vayakh
“and he struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he struck
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH
- sentence
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH ET kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha bik-KE-a
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with wayyak {וַיַּךְ | wă-yyak}, a Vav-consecutive Qal imperfect of nakah, reinforcing relentless violence, culminating in biqqēaʿ {בִּקֵּעַ | biqqē-ʿa}, the Piel perfect of cracking open. The sequential vav-consecutive structure preserves the Hebraic sense of unfolding events and intensifies the portrayal of brutality.
Root and etymology
n-k-hn-k-h
“to strike”
In context — 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it, along with its territory from Tirzah, because it refused to open , and he struck all its pregnant women , ripping them open.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 15:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֑ךְ (vayakh) 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.15.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.16.W10.S1) and character.