2 Kings 16:4:22 Kgs.16.4.W2TAB
וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר
vayekatter
“and he made incense or made offerings in smoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kat-TER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kaht-TEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jəqatˈtʼeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made incense or made offerings in smoke
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-kat-TER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER
- clause
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT
- sentence
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAHN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vav-consecutive sequence marked by vayizbach {וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַ | wa-ye-zab-bê-aḥ} ‘and he sacrificed’, followed by vayekatter {וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר | wa-ye-qaṭ-ṭêr} ‘and he burned incense’, which establishes successive ritual actions.
Root and etymology
q-ṭ-rqof–ṭet–resh
“to burn incense”
In context — 2 Kings 16:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense at the high places , on the hills , and beneath every green tree.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר (vayekatter) 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.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.4.W2.S1) and character.