2 Samuel 13:19:12 Sam.13.19.W1TAB
וַתִּקַּ֨ח
vatikkhakh
“and she took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KHAKH
- Extended
- vah-tik-KHAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she took
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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-tik-KHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KHAKH ta-MAR E-fer
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH ta-MAR E-fer al-RO-sha u-khe-TO-net ha-pas-SIM a-SHER a-LE-ha ka-RA-a
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH ta-MAR E-fer al-RO-sha u-khe-TO-net ha-pas-SIM a-SHER a-LE-ha ka-RA-a va-ta-SEM ya-DA al-RO-sha va-TE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-za-a-KA
Exegesis
The opening verb vattiqqach {וַתִּקַּ֨ח | wat-ti-qqā-ḥ} ‘and she took’ introduces the action of applying efer {אֵ֙פֶר֙ | ʾē-fer} ‘ashes’ as a sign of public grief.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:19
Then Tamar took ashes and placed them on her head, and she tore the tunic-of-stripes that was on her; then she put her hand on her head and went away, walking and crying out.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:19, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֨ח (vatikkhakh) 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 Sam.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.19.W1.S1) and character.