1 Chronicles 15:1:51 Chr.15.1.W5TAB
וַיָּ֤כֶן
vayakhen
“and he prepared”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yaa-KHEHn
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈxɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he prepared
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-KHEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KHEN ma-KOM
- clause
va-ya-KHEN ma-KOM la-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-YET-lo O-hel
- sentence
va-ya-AS-lo va-TIM be-IR da-VID va-ya-KHEN ma-KOM la-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-YET-lo O-hel
Exegesis
Two further vav-consecutive verbs, wayyākhen {וַיָּ֤כֶן | wayyākhen} ‘and he set in order’ and wayyeṭ-lō {וַיֶּט־ל֖וֹ | wayyeṭ-lō} ‘and he pitched for it’, form an asyndetic sequence of sanctifying acts.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:1
David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he set in order a place for the ark of God , and he spread a tent over it.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 15:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤כֶן (vayakhen) 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.15.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.1.W5.S1) and character.