1 Chronicles 29:21:11 Chr.29.21.W1TAB
וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ
vayizbekhu
“and they sacrificed”
- Transliteration
- va-yiz-be-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihz-beh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiz.bəˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiz-be-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiz-be-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH ze-va-KHIM
- clause
va-yiz-be-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH ze-va-KHIM va-ya-a-LU o-LOT la-ye-ho-VAH le-ma-kho-RAT ha-YOM ha-HU pa-RIM E-lef e-LIM E-lef ke-va-SIM E-lef ve-nis-ke-HEM
- sentence
va-yiz-be-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH ze-va-KHIM va-ya-a-LU o-LOT la-ye-ho-VAH le-ma-kho-RAT ha-YOM ha-HU pa-RIM E-lef e-LIM E-lef ke-va-SIM E-lef ve-nis-ke-HEM u-ze-va-KHIM la-ROV le-khol-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive Piel of vayizbekhu {וַיִּזְבְּחוּ | wa-yiz-bə-ḥû} ‘and they sacrificed’, immediately followed by the vav-consecutive Hiphil of vaya‘alu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wa-ya-‘ă-lû} ‘and they offered up’, establishing a sequence of sacrificial rites.
Root and etymology
ז־ב־ח
“slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — 1 Chronicles 29:21
And they offered sacrifices to the LORD , and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand male lambs—together with their drink offerings and abundant sacrifices for all Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 29:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 29:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְבְּח֣וּ (vayizbekhu) 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.29.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.29.21.W1.S1) and character.