וַיִּקַּ֣ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּקַּ֣ח

   va-yik-KAKH

   and took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּקַּ֣ח עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץ

   va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets

   and took the people of the land
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַּ֣ח עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ בֶּן־יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖וֹ תַּ֥חַת אָבִֽיו׃

   va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-yo-shi-YA-hu va-yim-she-KHU o-TO va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV

   and took the people of the land Jehoahaz {direct object marker + name} son of Josiah and they anointed him and they made king him under or instead of his father
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֥יו מֵת֙ מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ וַיְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ בִּקְבֻֽרָת֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח עַם־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ בֶּן־יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּמְשְׁח֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ אֹת֖וֹ תַּ֥חַת אָבִֽיו׃

   va-yar-khi-BU-hu a-va-DAV MET mim-me-gid-DO va-ye-vi-U-hu ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-be-RU-hu bik-bu-ra-TO va-yik-KAKH am-ha-A-rets et-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ben-yo-shi-YA-hu va-yim-she-KHU o-TO va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV

   and they made him ride his servants dead from Megiddo and they brought him to Jerusalem and they buried him in his burial place or in his grave and took the people of the land Jehoahaz {direct object marker + name} son of Josiah and they anointed him and they made king him under or instead of his father

Exegesis

The shift in subject at vayikkach {וַיִּקַּח | wayyiqqāḥ} introduces the people of the land (am-haaretz {עַם־הָאָרֶץ | ʿam-hā’āreṣ}) taking Jehoahaz ben Yoshiyahu and announcing succession through vayimshchu {וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ | wayyimšəḥû} “and they anointed him” and vayamlikhu {וַיַּמְלִ֥יכוּ | wayyamməlîḵû} “and they made him king,” with tachat aviv {תַּחַת אָבִיו | taḥat ’āḇîyw} marking “in place of his father.”