1 Chronicles 16:5:171 Chr.16.5.W17TAB
וְאָסָ֖ף
veasaf
“and Asaph”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-SAF
- Extended
- veh-ah-SAAF
- IPA
- /və.ʔaːˈsaːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Asaph
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-SAF
- clause
ye-i-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL u-mat-tit-YA ve-e-li-AV u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-EL bikh-LE ne-va-LIM u-ve-khin-no-ROT ve-a-SAF bam-tsil-ta-YIM mash-mi-A
- sentence
a-SAF ha-ROSH u-mish-ne-HU ze-khar-YA ye-i-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL u-mat-tit-YA ve-e-li-AV u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-EL bikh-LE ne-va-LIM u-ve-khin-no-ROT ve-a-SAF bam-tsil-ta-YIM mash-mi-A
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:5
Asaph was the chief , and his second was Zechariah; Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel played the lyres and the harps, and Asaph sounded the cymbals .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Chronicles 16:5, so the Hebrew word וְאָסָ֖ף (veasaf) 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.16.5.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.5.W17.S1) and character.