2 Kings 16:12:72 Kgs.16.12.W7TAB
וַיִּקְרַ֥ב
vayikrav
“and drew near”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RAV
- Extended
- vah-yihk-RAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and drew near
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RAV ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yik-RAV ha-ME-lekh al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ya-AL a-LAV
- sentence
va-VA ha-ME-lekh mid-da-ME-sek va-YAR-e ha-ME-lekh et-ha-miz-BE-akh va-yik-RAV ha-ME-lekh al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ya-AL a-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to convey immediate action: vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyābō} ‘and he came’, vayar {וַיַּרְא | wayyarʾ} ‘and he saw’, vayikrav {וַיִּקְרַב | wayyiqrav} ‘and he approached’, and vayaal {וַיַּעַל | wayyaʿal} ‘and he went up’.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–resh–bet
“to come near, bring near”
In context — 2 Kings 16:12
And the king came from Damascus and saw the altar; then he advanced to it, ascended onto it, and offered upon it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֥ב (vayikrav) 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.16.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.12.W7.S1) and character.