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

Result
וַ + יִּקְ + רָא + ל֖וֹ
va + yik + ra + lo
vayikralo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yik-RA-LO

  2. 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

  3. 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 context2 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.