2 Kings 19:1:52 Kgs.19.1.W5TAB
וַיִּקְרַ֖ע
vayikra
“and he tore”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he tore
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh khiz-ki-YA-hu va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV va-yit-kas ba-SAK va-ya-VO BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The sequential vav verbs vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | wayyiqrā‘} ‘and he tore’ and vayitkas {וַיִּתְכַּס | wayyitkaś} ‘and he covered himself’ illustrate reflexive Hitpael emphasis on personal grief.
In context — 2 Kings 19:1
And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth , and he entered the house of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (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.19.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.1.W5.S1) and character.