2 Samuel 20:16:12 Sam.20.16.W1TAB
וַתִּקְרָ֛א
vatikra
“and she called”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-RA
- Extended
- vah-tik-RAA
- IPA
- /vat.tiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she called
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tik-RA
- clause
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir
- sentence
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The narrative action is marked by the vav-consecutive vatikra {וַתִּקְרָ֛א | va-ṭî-rāʾ} ‘and she called’.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman called out from the city, “Hear! Hear! Say to Joab, ‘Come near here, and let me speak to you.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרָ֛א (vatikra) 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.20.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.16.W1.S1) and character.