2 Samuel 18:17:12 Sam.18.17.W1TAB
וַיִּקְח֣וּ
vayikkhu
“and they took”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yik-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM
- clause
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL
- sentence
va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential vav-consecutive form vayekachu {וַיְקָחוּ | vā·yĕ·qā·ḥû} “and they took,” followed by two coordinated vav-consecutives, vayashlichu {וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ | va·yə·šli·ḵû} “and they threw” and vayatzi’vu {וַיַּצִּבוּ | va·yə·ṣî·vû} “and they set up.”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into the great pit in the forest, and they set up over him a very large heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְח֣וּ (vayikkhu) 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.18.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.17.W1.S1) and character.