1 Chronicles 13:14:101 Chr.13.14.W10TAB
וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ
vayevarekh
“and he blessed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-REKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-REHKh
- IPA
- /vajəvaːˈrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he blessed
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-REKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-va-REKH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-va-REKH ye-ho-VAH et-BET o-VED-e-DOM ve-et-KOL-a-SHER-lo
- sentence
va-YE-shev a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM im-BET o-VED e-DOM be-VE-to she-lo-SHA kho-da-SHIM va-ye-va-REKH ye-ho-VAH et-BET o-VED-e-DOM ve-et-KOL-a-SHER-lo
Exegesis
The second clause employs the vav consecutive Piel wayyǝḇārēk {וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ | wayyǝḇārēk} ‘and he blessed’, with YHWH {יְהוָ֛ה | Yəhōwāh} as the agent over the coordinated objects ʾeṯ-bêṯ-ʿōvēḏ-ʾĕḏōm {אֶת־בֵּ֥ית עֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹ֖ם | ʾeṯ-bêṯ-ʿōvēḏ-ʾĕḏōm} ‘the house of Obed-Edom’ and wəʾeṯ-kōl-ašer-lō {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ | wəʾeṯ-kōl-ašer-lō} ‘all that was his’. The biclausal structure contrasts divine residence with divine blessing.
Root and etymology
b-r-ḳ
“to bless”
In context — 1 Chronicles 13:14
The ark of God stayed with the household of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed the household of Obed-Edom and all that belonged to him.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 13:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 13:14, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ (vayevarekh) 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 1 Chr.13.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.13.14.W10.S1) and character.