2 Kings 21:24:12 Kgs.21.24.W1TAB
וַיַּךְ֙
vayakh
“and struck down”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAHKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck down
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON
- sentence
va-YAKH AM-ha-A-rets ET KAL-ha-ko-SHIM AL-ha-ME-lekh a-MON va-yam-LI-khu AM-ha-A-rets et-yo-shi-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with wayyakh {וַיַּךְ֙ | wayyāḵ} ‘and he struck’, establishing a decisive punitive act.
In context — 2 Kings 21:24
But the people of the land struck down all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּךְ֙ (vayakh) 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.21.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.24.W1.S1) and character.