1 Chronicles 18:12:11 Chr.18.12.W1TAB
וְאַבְשַׁ֣י
veavshai
“and Abishai”
- Transliteration
- ve-av-SHAI
- Extended
- veh-av-SHAI
- IPA
- /vəʔavˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Abishai
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-av-SHAI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-av-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA
- sentence
ve-av-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA hi-KA et-e-DOM be-GE ha-ME-lakh she-mo-NA a-SAR A-lef
Exegesis
The clause opens with veAvshai {וְאַבְשַׁ֣י | wə-ʾaḇšay} where the vav conjunction ties this report to the surrounding battle narrative.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abshai struck down Edom in the Valley of Salt , eighteen thousand.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 18:12, so the Hebrew word וְאַבְשַׁ֣י (veavshai) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.12.W1.S1) and character.