2 Samuel 18:15:72 Sam.18.15.W7TAB
וַיַּכּ֥וּ
vayakku
“and they struck”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-KU
- Extended
- vah-yahk-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they struck
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yak-KU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM
- clause
va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM va-ye-mi-TU-hu
- sentence
va-ya-SO-bu a-sa-RA ne-a-RIM no-se-E ke-LE yo-AV va-yak-KU et-av-sha-LOM va-ye-mi-TU-hu
Exegesis
Finally, the paired verbs vayyaku {וַיַּכּוּ | wayyāḵû} ‘struck’ and vayemituhu {וַיְמִתֻהוּ | wayyamittûhû} ‘killed him’ deliver a rapid climactic action, with the English ordering preserving the Hebrew’s subject-fronted sequence and two-stage violence.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:15
Then ten young men , the armor-bearers of Joab, surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכּ֥וּ (vayakku) 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.18.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.15.W7.S1) and character.