Numbers 32:41:4Num.32.41.W4TAB
וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד
vayilkod
“and captured”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-KOD
- Extended
- vah-yeel-KOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈkoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and captured
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-KOD
- clause
ve-ya-IR ben-me-na-SHEH ha-LAKH va-yil-KOD et-kha-vo-TEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ya-IR ben-me-na-SHEH ha-LAKH va-yil-KOD et-kha-vo-TEI-hem va-yik-RA et-HEN kha-VOT ya-IR
Exegesis
The verse employs a classical vav-consecutive narrative sequence: veyair {וְיָאִיר | wə-yā-ʼîr} ‘and Jair’, halakh {הָלַךְ | hā-laḵ} ‘went’, vayilkod {וַיִּלְכֹּד | wă-y-yiq-qōd} ‘and captured’, and vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | wă-y-yiq-rāʼ} ‘and called’.
Root and etymology
l-k-dlamed–kaph–dalet
“to capture”
In context — Numbers 32:41
And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and captured their villages , and he called them villages of Jair .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 32:41, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד (vayilkod) 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 Num.32.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.41.W4.S1) and character.