וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע

   va-tik-NA

   and you humbled yourself
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה

   va-tik-NA mip-ne Ye-ho-VAH

   and you humbled yourself before the LORD
3. clause🔊 יַ֠עַן רַךְ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו לִהְי֤וֹת לְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה וַתִּקְרַע֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יךָ וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י

   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

   because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard that which I spoke against the place this and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse and you tore your garments and you wept before me
4. sentence🔊 יַ֠עַן רַךְ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו לִהְי֤וֹת לְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה וַתִּקְרַע֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יךָ וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

   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

   because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard that which I spoke against the place this and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse and you tore your garments and you wept before me and also I I have heard utterance of the LORD

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.