2 Kings 22:14:42 Kgs.22.14.W4TAB
וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם
vaakhikam
“and Ahikam”
- Transliteration
- va-a-khi-KAM
- Extended
- vah-ah-khih-KAAM
- IPA
- /va.ʔă.ħiːˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Ahikam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-khi-KAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-khi-KAM ve-akh-BOR
- clause
va-YE-lekh khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN va-a-khi-KAM ve-akh-BOR ve-sha-FAN va-a-sa-YA el-khul-DA han-ne-vi-A E-shet sha-LUM ben-tik-VA ben-khar-KHAS sho-MER hab-be-ga-DIM ve-HI yo-SHE-vet bi-ru-sha-LIM bam-mish-NE
- sentence
va-YE-lekh khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN va-a-khi-KAM ve-akh-BOR ve-sha-FAN va-a-sa-YA el-khul-DA han-ne-vi-A E-shet sha-LUM ben-tik-VA ben-khar-KHAS sho-MER hab-be-ga-DIM ve-HI yo-SHE-vet bi-ru-sha-LIM bam-mish-NE va-ye-dab-BE-ru e-LE-ha
Exegesis
A coordinated series of proper nouns—hilkiyyahu {חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ | ḥilqîyyāhû}, vaachikam {וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם | wāʾăḥîqām}, veakbor {וְעַכְבּוֹר | wəʿaḵbōr}, veshaphan {וְשָׁפָ֣ן | wəšāp̄ān}, vaasayah {וַעֲשָׂיָ֗ה | wāʿăśāyāh}—joined by vav conjunctions, conveys a delegated mission.
In context — 2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah , the prophetess and wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the garments. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter; and they spoke to her.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 22:14, so the Hebrew word וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם (vaakhikam) 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.22.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.14.W4.S1) and character.