2 Kings 20:3:142 Kgs.20.3.W14TAB
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ
vayevkh
“and he wept”
- Transliteration
- va-YEV-kh
- Extended
- vah-YEEV-kheh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːv.k(ə)/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he wept
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YEV-kh
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
- sentence
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The narrative shifts with the vav-consecutive imperfect va-ye-vakh {וַיֵּבְךְּ | va-yē-vəḵ} ‘and he wept’, and the delayed subject khizqiyyahu {חִזְקִיָּהוּ | ḥiz-qîy-yā-hû} ‘Hezekiah’ heightens pathos.
In context — 2 Kings 20:3
Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (vayevkh) 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.20.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W14.S1) and character.