2 Kings 22:11:72 Kgs.22.11.W7TAB
וַיִּקְרַ֖ע
vayikra
“and he tore”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he tore
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-MO-a ha-ME-lekh et-div-RE SE-fer ha-to-RA va-yik-RA et-be-ga-DAV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | vayyiqra‘} ‘and he tore’ conveys the king’s visceral reaction, and the pronominal suffix in begadav {בְּגָדָיו | bĕgādāw} ‘his clothes’ personalizes his mourning gesture. This cause-and-effect structure is maintained to preserve the text’s emotional intensity.
In context — 2 Kings 22:11
And it happened, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (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.22.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.11.W7.S1) and character.