2 Kings 19:15:12 Kgs.19.15.W1TAB
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל
vayitpalel
“and he prayed”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-pa-LEL
- Extended
- vah-yih-tpah-LEEL
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.paˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he prayed
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-pa-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL khiz-ki-YA-hu lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL yo-SHEV ha-khe-ru-VIM a-TA-HU ha-e-lo-HIM le-vad-DE-kha le-KHOL mam-le-KHOT ha-A-rets a-TA a-SI-ta et-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol chain vayitpallel {וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל | wə-yit-pal-lēl} ‘and he prayed’ followed by vayomer {וַיֹּאמַר | wə-yō-mer} ‘and he said’, a narrative sequence that moves from action to reported speech.
Root and etymology
consonantspeh–lamed–lamed
“to intercede”
In context — 2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed in the presence of the LORD and said, “O LORD, God of Israel , who dwells with the cherubim, You alone are God for all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made the heavens and the earth.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 19:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל (vayitpalel) 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.19.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.15.W1.S1) and character.