2 Samuel 13:9:12 Sam.13.9.W1TAB
וַתִּקַּ֤ח
vatikkakh
“and she took”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-KAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihk-KAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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 | |
| 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-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-KAKH et-ha-mash-RET
- clause
va-tik-KAKH et-ha-mash-RET va-tsoK le-fa-NAV va-ye-MA-en le-e-KHOL
- sentence
va-tik-KAKH et-ha-mash-RET va-tsoK le-fa-NAV va-ye-MA-en le-e-KHOL va-yo-MER am-NON ho-tsi-U khol-ISH me-LAI va-ye-tsu khol-ISH me-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav consecutive in vatikkach {וַתִּקַּ֤ח | vat-tiqqāḥ} ‘and she took’ and vatitsok {וַתִּצֹ֣ק | vat-tiṣôq} ‘and she poured’, marking sequential action.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:9
And she took the pan and poured it before him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said, “Bring out every man from me.” So every man went out from him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקַּ֤ח (vatikkakh) 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.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.9.W1.S1) and character.