2 Kings 22:19:152 Kgs.22.19.W15TAB
וַתִּקְרַע֙
vatikra
“and you tore”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-RA
- Extended
- vah-tihk-RAA
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you 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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-tik-RA
- clause
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI
- sentence
YA-an rakh-le-vav-KHA va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH be-sha-me-a-KHA a-SHER di-bar-TI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV lih-yoT le-sha-MA ve-lik-la-LA va-tik-RA et-be-ga-DE-kha va-tiv-KE le-fa-NAI ve-GAM a-no-KHI sha-MA-ti ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive imperfects—vatikna {וַתִּכָּנַע | vaṯ·ṯi·ḵā·nā‘} ‘and you humbled yourself’, vatikra {וַתִּקְרַע | vaṯ·ṯiq·rā‘} ‘and you tore’, and vativkeh {וַתִּבְכֶּה | vaṯ·ṯiv·kěh} ‘and you wept’—portray cumulative repentance rites.
In context — 2 Kings 22:19
Because your heart was softened and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard My words about this place and its inhabitants—that they were destined for desolation and curse—and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I have heard you also, declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 22:19, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרַע֙ (vatikra) 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.22.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.19.W15.S1) and character.