1 Chronicles 21:28:101 Chr.21.28.W10TAB
וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח
vayizbakh
“and he sacrificed”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-BAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihz-BAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jizˈbaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sacrificed
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiz-BAKH
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH SHAM
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI bir-OT da-VID ki-a-NA-hu Ye-ho-VAH be-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI va-yiz-BAKH SHAM
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive in vayyizbekh {וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח | way-yiz-bə-ʾaḥ} links sequential action, culminating in the adverb shām {שָֽׁם | šām}. The English rendering preserves temporal and causal relationships through subordinating clauses and maintains the Hebrew emphasis on divine response.
Root and etymology
RootZayin–Bet–Ḥet
“to slaughter for sacrifice”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:28
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite , he offered sacrifices there.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 21:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח (vayizbakh) 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.21.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.28.W10.S1) and character.