1 Chronicles 15:26:81 Chr.15.26.W8TAB
וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּ
vayizbekhu
“and they sacrificed”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-be-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihz-beh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jizbəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sacrificed
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-be-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-be-KHU shiv-a-PA-fa-rim
- clause
va-yiz-be-KHU shiv-a-PA-fa-rim ve-shiv-a E-lim
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-E-zor ha-e-lo-HIM ET-ha-le-vi-YIM no-se-E a-RON be-RIT-ye-ho-VAH va-yiz-be-KHU shiv-a-PA-fa-rim ve-shiv-a E-lim
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol, vayizbekhu {וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּ | wayyizbəḥû} ‘and they sacrificed,’ advances the storyline from circumstance to response. The paired numerals shivah-parim ...
Root and etymology
consonantsZayin-Bet-Chet
“to slaughter for sacrifice”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:26
And it happened, when God helped the Levites who were bearing the Ark of the covenant of the LORD , that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 15:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּ (vayizbekhu) 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.15.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.26.W8.S1) and character.