Jeremiah 13:2:1Jer.13.2.W1TAB
וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה
vaekne
“and I bought”
- Transliteration
- va-e-KNE
- Extended
- vaa-eh-KNEH
- IPA
- /vaʔɛqˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I bought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-KNE
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-KNE et-ha-e-ZOR
- clause
va-e-KNE et-ha-e-ZOR kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-e-KNE et-ha-e-ZOR kid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH va-a-SIM al-ma-te-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive verb va-ekneh {וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה | wā-ʾe-qneh} ‘and I bought,’ establishing sequential narrative and immediate obedience.
Root and etymology
ק־נ־ה
“to acquire, buy”
In context — Jeremiah 13:2
And I bought the belt according to the word of the LORD , and I placed it upon my loins .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 13:2, so the Hebrew word וָאֶקְנֶ֥ה (vaekne) 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 Jer.13.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.2.W1.S1) and character.