2 Kings 17:14:32 Kgs.17.14.W3TAB
וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ
vayakshu
“and they made hard or stiffened”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yahk-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaqˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they made hard or stiffened
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yak-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yak-SHU et-A-re-PAM
- clause
va-yak-SHU et-A-re-PAM ke-O-ref a-vo-TAM a-SHER LO he-e-mi-NU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-HEM
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u va-yak-SHU et-A-re-PAM ke-O-ref a-vo-TAM a-SHER LO he-e-mi-NU ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-HEM
Exegesis
The verse employs a negative sequential narrative introduced by velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ followed by the verbs shame’u {שָׁמֵעוּ | šā-mê-ʾû} ‘they listened’ and vayakshu {וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ | way-yaq-shu} ‘they stiffened,’ the latter in the Qal imperfect with vav consecutive conveying ongoing obstinacy.
In context — 2 Kings 17:14
But they did not listen and stiffened their neck like the neck of their fathers, who did not trust in the LORD their God .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:14, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (vayakshu) 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.17.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.14.W3.S1) and character.