2 Kings 23:16:82 Kgs.23.16.W8TAB
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
vayikkakh
“and he took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihk-KAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT
- clause
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu
- sentence
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
In context — 2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the mountain. He sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, defiling it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, who had predicted these things.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 23:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקַּ֤ח (vayikkakh) 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.23.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.16.W8.S1) and character.