2 Samuel 20:14:92 Sam.20.14.W9TAB
וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ
vayikkahalu
“and they assembled”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-ha-LU
- Extended
- vah-yik-kah-hah-LOO
- IPA
- /vi.qaˈleːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they assembled
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ka-ha-LU
- phraseyour reading level
vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU
- clause
vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU va-ya-VO-u af-a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-ya-VOR be-khol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-VE-la u-VEIT ma-a-KHA ve-khol-ha-be-RIM vi-ka-LE-hu va-yik-ka-ha-LU va-ya-VO-u af-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
In the second clause the vav consecutive governs the niphal imperfect vayyiqhalûhû {וַיִּקְהֲלוּהוּ | vay-yi-qah-ha-lû-hû} ‘and they were gathered to him,’ followed by the qal imperfect vayyāvōʼû {וַיָּבֹאוּ | vay-yā-ḇō-ʼû} ‘and they came.’
Root and etymology
q-h-l
“to assemble, gather”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:14
And he passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth Maakah, and all the Bikrites were gathered to him, and they came after him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 20:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּ֣הֲל֔וּ (vayikkahalu) 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.20.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.14.W9.S1) and character.