וַיִּקַּ֨ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and he took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים

   va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM

   and he took Hezekiah the scrolls or letters
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים מִיַּ֥ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם

   va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM

   and he took Hezekiah the scrolls or letters from the hand of the messengers and he read them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים מִיַּ֥ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם וַיַּ֙עַל֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

   va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM va-YA-al BET Ye-ho-VAH va-yif-re-SE-hu khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH

   and he took Hezekiah the scrolls or letters from the hand of the messengers and he read them and he went up the house of the LORD and he spread it Hezekiah before the LORD

Exegesis

vayyiqqach {וַיִּקַּ֨ח | vā-yiq-qaḥ} ‘and he took’ marks the start of the vav-consecutive narrative.