2 Kings 16:14:72 Kgs.16.14.W7TAB
וַיַּקְרֵ֗ב
vayakrev
“and he brought near or moved”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-REV
- Extended
- vah-yahk-REEV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaqˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought near or moved
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yak-REV
- clause
ve-ET ham-miz-BE-akh han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yak-REV me-ET pe-NE hab-BA-yit mib-BEN ham-miz-BE-akh u-mib-BEN BET Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET ham-miz-BE-akh han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yak-REV me-ET pe-NE hab-BA-yit mib-BEN ham-miz-BE-akh u-mib-BEN BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN O-to al-YE-rekh ham-miz-BE-akh tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The narrative sequence advances with the vav-consecutive verb va-yakrev {וַיַּקְרֵב | way-yaqrēb} ‘and he brought near,’ where the Hiphil stem conveys purposeful causation; in this spatial context it denotes deliberate repositioning.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–resh–bet
“to come near, bring near”
In context — 2 Kings 16:14
He moved the bronze altar that was before the LORD away from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and set it on the north side of the altar.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:14, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְרֵ֗ב (vayakrev) 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.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.14.W7.S1) and character.