2 Kings 22:8:162 Kgs.22.8.W16TAB
וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃
vayikraehu
“and he read it”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ra-E-hu
- Extended
- vah-yik-raa-EE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.raːˈʔeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he read it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ra-E-hu
- clause
va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
Exegesis
Verbs vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | va-yit-ten} and vayikra’ehu {וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ | va-yik-rā-ʾê-hû} convey sequential actions, guiding the English into clear SVO order and splitting clauses for readability.
In context — 2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the law in the house of the LORD .” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃ (vayikraehu) 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.22.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W16.S1) and character.