2 Kings 15:25:12 Kgs.15.25.W1TAB
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר
vayikshor
“and he conspired”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-SHOR
- Extended
- vah-yik-SHOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he conspired
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu
- clause
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu sha-LI-sho va-yak-KE-hu ve-sho-me-RON be-ar-MON BET-melekh ha-ME-lekh et-ar-GOV ve-et-ha-ar-YE ve-i-MO kha-mi-SHIM ISH mi-be-NE gil-a-DIM
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV PE-kakh ben-re-mal-YA-hu sha-LI-sho va-yak-KE-hu ve-sho-me-RON be-ar-MON BET-melekh ha-ME-lekh et-ar-GOV ve-et-ha-ar-YE ve-i-MO kha-mi-SHIM ISH mi-be-NE gil-a-DIM va-ye-mi-TE-hu va-yim-LOKH ta-khTAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayikshor {וַיִּקְשֹׁר | va-yiq-šôr} ‘and he conspired,’ introducing a clandestine action.
Root and etymology
k-sh-rkaph–shin–resh
“to conspire”
In context — 2 Kings 15:25
And Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him with his officer and struck him down in Samaria in the fortress of the king’s house, alongside Argob and Arieh with fifty men from the sons of Gilead. He killed the king and reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְשֹׁ֣ר (vayikshor) 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.15.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.25.W1.S1) and character.