2 Kings 18:24:102 Kgs.18.24.W10TAB
וַתִּבְטַ֤ח
vativtakh
“and you trust”
- Transliteration
- va-tiv-TAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihv-TAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tivˈtaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you trust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-tiv-TAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tiv-TAKH le-KHA
- clause
va-tiv-TAKH le-KHA al-MI-tsra-yim le-RE-khev u-le-fa-ra-SHIM
- sentence
ve-EKH ta-SHIV ET pe-NEI fa-KHAT a-KHAD av-DEI a-do-NI ha-ke-ta-NIM va-tiv-TAKH le-KHA al-MI-tsra-yim le-RE-khev u-le-fa-ra-SHIM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive with vativtach {וַתִּבְטַ֤ח | wattiḇṭāḥ} “and you trust” connects this rhetorical query to misdirected confidence.
Root and etymology
ב־ט־ח
“to trust, feel secure”
In context — 2 Kings 18:24
And how can you repel even one captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:24:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (vativtakh) 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.18.24.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.24.W10.S1) and character.