2 Kings 23:17:162 Kgs.23.17.W16TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֗א
vayikra
“and he proclaimed or called out”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he proclaimed or called out
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 |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER MA ha-tsi-YUN hal-LAZ a-SHER a-NI ro-E va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
Exegesis
The verb vayikra {וַיִּקְרָ֗א | wayyiqrāʾ} ‘and he proclaimed’ governs et-hadevarim ha-eleh {אֶת-הַדְּבָרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | ʾet-haddeḇārîm hāʾēlleh} ‘these words’, with the subordinate asher asita {אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתָ | ʾăšer ʿāśîṯā} ‘that you have done’.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call or read aloud”
In context — 2 Kings 23:17
And he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city said to him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah, and he proclaimed these words that you have done against the altar at Bethel.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 23:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֗א (vayikra) 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.23.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.17.W16.S1) and character.