1 Kings 11:6:11 Kgs.11.6.W1TAB
וַיַּ֧עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO
- clause
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO mil-LE a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The narrative begins with wayya·ʾaš {וַיַּ֧עַשׂ | wayya·ʾaš} ‘and he did,’ a Vav consecutive introducing a new action in the historical sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he did not follow fully after the LORD as his father David had done.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 11:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 11:6, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (vayaas) 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 Kgs.11.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.11.6.W1.S1) and character.