2 Kings 18:28:32 Kgs.18.28.W3TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֥א
vayikra
“and he called out”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called out
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD rav-sha-KE va-yik-RA ve-kol-ga-DOL ye-hu-DIT va-ye-da-BER va-yo-MER shim-U de-var-ha-ME-lekh ha-ga-DOL ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The verse’s sequential vav-consecutive verbs—vaya'amod {וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ | va-ya-ʿă-mōḏ}, vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֥א | va-yik-rāʾ}, vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | va-ye-dā-ḇēr}, and vayomer {וַיֹּ֔אמֶר | va-yō-mer}—drive the historical narrative forward.
In context — 2 Kings 18:28
Then the chief cupbearer stood and called out in a loud voice in Judean , and he spoke and said, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֥א (vayikra) 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.18.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.28.W3.S1) and character.