2 Kings 17:18:12 Kgs.17.18.W1TAB
וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף
vayitannaf
“and he became angry”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-an-NAF
- Extended
- vah-yih-tah-ahn-NAHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ʔanˈnaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he became angry
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-an-NAF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD
- clause
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV
- sentence
va-yit-an-NAF ye-ho-VAH me-OD be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-si-REM me-AL pa-NAV LO nish-AR RAK SHE-vet ye-hu-DA le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive hitpael verb hitpael {וַיִּתְאַנַּף | way·yiṯ·ta·nap̄} ‘divine self-intensification’ signaling intensive anger, immediately followed by the subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh} ‘covenantal name’.
Root and etymology
א־נ־ף
“to grow angry”
In context — 2 Kings 17:18
And the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from before His face. Only the tribe of Judah was left by itself .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְאַנַּ֨ף (vayitannaf) 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.17.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.18.W1.S1) and character.