1 Chronicles 16:1:111 Chr.16.1.W11TAB
וַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּ
vayakrivu
“and they brought near or offered”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-RI-vu
- Extended
- vah-yahk-REE-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaqˈriː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they brought near or offered
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yak-RI-vu
- clause
va-yak-RI-vu o-LOT u-she-la-MIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-VI-u et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM va-yats-TI-gu o-TO be-TOKH ha-O-hel a-SHER na-TA-lo da-VID va-yak-RI-vu o-LOT u-she-la-MIM lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive Hiphil vayakrîbû {וַיַּקְרִיבוּ | way-yak-rî-bū} ‘and they offered’ introduces the sacrificial sequence, named by the coordinated nouns ʿôlōṯ {עֹלוֹת | ʿô-lōṯ} ‘burnt offerings’ and šəlāmîym {שְׁלָמִים | šə-lā-mîm} ‘peace offerings’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:1
And they brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 16:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּ (vayakrivu) 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.16.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.1.W11.S1) and character.