1 Kings 13:11:181 Kgs.13.11.W18TAB
וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם
vayesaperum
“they recounted them”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sa-pe-RUM
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sah-peh-ROOM
- IPA
- /vaj.səpːəˈruːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- they recounted them
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-sa-pe-RUM
- clause
va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
- sentence
ve-na-VI e-KHAD za-KEN yo-SHEV be-VET-EL va-ya-VO ve-NO va-ye-sa-PER-LO et-KOL-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER-a-SA ish-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-YOM be-VET-EL et-ha-de-va-RIM a-SHER di-BER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-sa-pe-RUM la-a-vi-HEM
Exegesis
The account closes with vayyeseperum {וַיְסַפְּרוּם | wayyəsappərūm} ‘and they recounted them’ to la-avihem {לַאֲבִיהֶם | laʾăvīhēm} ‘their father’, indicating collective testimony.
In context — 1 Kings 13:11
Now there was a certain old prophet sitting in Bethel, and his sons came and recounted to him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, including the words that he had spoken to the king. Then they reported it all to their father .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 13:11, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְסַפְּר֖וּם (vayesaperum) 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.13.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.11.W18.S1) and character.