2 Kings 18:4:202 Kgs.18.4.W20TAB
וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ
vayikralo
“and he called it”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA-LO
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA-LOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called it
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA-LO
- clause
ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
- sentence
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN
Exegesis
Finally, the nomenclature verb וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ va-yikkera-lo {וַיִּקְרָא־לוֹ | wayyik·rāʾ-lōw} “and he called it” assigns the name נְחֻשְׁתָּן nekhushtan {נְחֻשְׁתָּן | nǝḥušṯān}.
In context — 2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah . He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses made, for until those days the Israelites burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:4:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ (vayikralo) 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.18.4.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.4.W20.S1) and character.