2 Kings 20:7:62 Kgs.20.7.W6TAB
וַיִּקְח֛וּ
vayikkhu
“and they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they took
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- clause
va-yik-KHU va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-sha-YA-hu ke-KHU de-VE-let te-e-NIM va-yik-KHU va-ya-SI-mu al-ha-she-KHIN va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
Consecutive vav-prefixed verbs vayikchu {וַיִּקְח֛וּ | wayyiqḥû} ‘and they took’ and vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | wayyaśîmu} ‘and they put’ create a stepwise sequence of actions.
In context — 2 Kings 20:7
Then Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs.” They brought it and placed it on the boil, and he recovered .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 20:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֛וּ (vayikkhu) 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.20.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.7.W6.S1) and character.