1 Chronicles 18:10:191 Chr.18.10.W19TAB
זָהָ֥ב
zahav
“gold”
- Transliteration
- za-HAV
- Extended
- zaa-HAAV
- IPA
- /zaːˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
za-HAV va-KHE-sef
- clause
ve-KHOL ke-LE za-HAV va-KHE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-ha-do-RAM-be-NO el-ha-ME-lekh-da-VID li-shol-lish-OL-LO le-sha-LOM u-le-va-ra-KHO AL a-SHER nil-KHAM ba-ha-dad-E-zer va-yak-KE-HU ki-ISH mil-kha-MOT TO-U ha-YA ha-dad-A-zer ve-KHOL ke-LE za-HAV va-KHE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet
Exegesis
The closing phrase ve-khol kelei zahav va-khesef u-nechoshet {וְכֹ֗ל כְּלֵ֛י זָהָ֥ב וָכֶ֖סֶף וּנְחֹֽשֶׁת | wəkōl kəlê zāhāḇ wāḵeseph ûnəḥōšeṯ} ‘and all vessels of gold and silver and bronze’ functions as an appended list of accompanying valuables, with the verb of sending understood from the opening clause.
Root and etymology
z-h-bzayin–he–bet
“gold, precious metal”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:10
And he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him because he had fought with Hadadezer and struck him, for Hadadezer had been a man of wars with Tou , and all vessels of gold, silver, and bronze.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Chronicles 18:10, so the Hebrew word זָהָ֥ב (zahav) 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.18.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.10.W19.S1) and character.