1 Chronicles 16:39:41 Chr.16.39.W4TAB
וְאֶחָיו֙
veekhav
“and his brothers”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-KHAV
- Extended
- veh-eh-KHAAV
- IPA
- /vəʔɛˈħaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-KHAV
- clause
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH ba-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
Exegesis
It advances through the construct chain in Zadok ha-kōhên ve’eḥāv ha-kōhanîm {צָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵן וְאֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים} ‘Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests’, marking the central priestly figures.
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests, were before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 16:39, so the Hebrew word וְאֶחָיו֙ (veekhav) 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.16.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.39.W4.S1) and character.