2 Kings 22:17:42 Kgs.22.17.W4TAB
וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙
vayekatreu
“and they burned incense”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kat-REU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kaht-REH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jəqatːəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they burned incense
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-kat-REU
- clause
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM
- sentence
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM ve-nits-TA kha-ma-TI ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-LO tikh-BE
Exegesis
The perfect verb azavuni {עֲזָב֗וּנִי | ʿăzāvûnî} “they have forsaken me” signals completed apostasy, followed by the Vav-consecutive plus Piel imperfect vayekatteru {וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ | wayqaṭṭerû} “and they burned incense,” forming a sequential action link.
In context — 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods to provoke Me by every deed of their hands, My wrath has ignited against this place and will never be extinguished.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 22:17, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ (vayekatreu) 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.22.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.17.W4.S1) and character.