2 Samuel 5:3:62 Sam.5.3.W6TAB
וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת
vayikhrot
“and he cut or made”
- Transliteration
- va-yikh-ROT
- Extended
- vah-yihkh-ROHT
- IPA
- /vaj.jɪχˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he cut or made
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-yikh-ROT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT
- clause
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u kol-zik-NE yis-ra-EL el-ha-ME-lekh khev-ro-NA va-yikh-ROT la-HEM ha-ME-lekh da-VID be-RIT be-khev-RON lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yim-she-KHU et-da-VID le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verb wayyikkəroṯ {וַיִּכְרֹת | wayyikkəroṯ} ‘and he made’ with root k-r-t ‘to cut’ idiomatically denotes covenant formation.
In context — 2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them there in Hebron before the LORD , and they anointed David as king over Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 5:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 5:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכְרֹ֣ת (vayikhrot) 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.5.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.5.3.W6.S1) and character.