Joshua 15:17:1Josh.15.17.W1TAB
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ
vayilkedah
“and he captured it”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-ke-DAH
- Extended
- vah-yil-keh-DAAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jil.kəˈdaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he captured it
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-ke-DAH
- clause
va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV
- sentence
va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav-consecutive to link narrative actions, as seen in vayilkedah {וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ | va-yil-kə-ḏā́h} ‘and he captured it’ followed by vayittenlo {וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ | va-yit-ten-lō} ‘and he gave to him’.
Root and etymology
l-k-dlamed–kaph–dalet
“to capture, seize”
In context — Joshua 15:17
And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Aksah his daughter as wife .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 15:17, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ (vayilkedah) 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 Josh.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.17.W1.S1) and character.