2 Kings 19:14:62 Kgs.19.14.W6TAB
וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם
vayikraem
“and he read them”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ra-EM
- Extended
- vah-yik-rah-EEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqraˈʔeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he read them
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ra-EM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH khiz-ki-YA-hu et-ha-se-fa-RIM mi-YAD ham-mal-a-KHIM va-yik-ra-EM
- sentence
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
Exegesis
Sequential actions follow with vayyiqraʼem {וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם | vā-yiq-rā-ʾem} ‘and he read them’, vayyaʻal {וַיַּעַל | vā-yyā-ʿal} ‘and he went up’, and vayyipreshehu {וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ | vā-yiṗ-rə-śē-hū} ‘and he spread it’.
In context — 2 Kings 19:14
And Hezekiah took the letters from the hand of the messengers and read them. Then he went up to the house of the LORD and spread them before the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם (vayikraem) 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.19.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.14.W6.S1) and character.