Genesis 14:5:9Gen.14.5.W9TAB
וַיַּכּ֤וּ
vayakku
“defeated”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-KU
- Extended
- vah-yak-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- defeated
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-re-fa-IM
- clause
u-ve-ar-BA es-RE sha-NA BA khe-dar-la-O-mer ve-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO va-yak-KU et-re-fa-IM be-ash-te-ROT kar-NA-yim ve-et-ha-zu-ZIM be-HAM
- sentence
u-ve-ar-BA es-RE sha-NA BA khe-dar-la-O-mer ve-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO va-yak-KU et-re-fa-IM be-ash-te-ROT kar-NA-yim ve-et-ha-zu-ZIM be-HAM ve-ET ha-e-MIM be-sha-VE kir-ya-TA-yim
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts to a second finite verb vayyaku {וַיַּכּוּ | way-yak-kû} “and they struck,” whose plural morphology matches the combined subject and introduces a list of military targets.
In context — Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck down the Rephaim in Ashtaroth Karnaim , the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiryathaim .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 14:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכּ֤וּ (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 Gen.14.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.5.W9.S1) and character.