2 Kings 20:11:12 Kgs.20.11.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֛א
vayikra
“and he called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he called
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA ye-sha-ya-HU ha-na-VI el-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-SHEV et-ha-TSEL ba-ma-a-LOT a-SHER yar-DA be-ma-a-LOT a-KHAZ a-kho-ra-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiqrāʾ {וַיִּקְרָ֛א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he called’, introducing the action.
Root and etymology
Rootq-r-ʼ
“to call, proclaim”
In context — 2 Kings 20:11
And Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD , and He restored the shadow on the steps of Ahaz’s stairway, bringing it back by ten steps—the steps by which it had descended.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֛א (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.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.11.W1.S1) and character.