2 Kings 17:11:12 Kgs.17.11.W1TAB
וַיְקַטְּרוּ־שָׁם֙
vayekatterusham
“and they burned incense there”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kaht-TEH-roo-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.qaṭ.ṭəˈruː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they burned incense there
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM
- clause
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayekatteru {וַיְקַטְּרוּ | wayəqaṭṭərû} ‘and they burned incense’, signaling a narrative progression.
Root and etymology
“to burn incense, to make smoke”
In context — 2 Kings 17:11
And they burned incense there in all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had exiled from before them, and they did evil things to provoke the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַטְּרוּ־שָׁם֙ (vayekatterusham) 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.17.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W1.S1) and character.