1 Kings 13:12:71 Kgs.13.12.W7TAB
וַיִּרְא֣וּ
vayiroo
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-OO
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-OO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-OO ba-NAV
- clause
va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
In the second clause, vayire’u {וַיִּרְאוּ | way-yir-ʾū} ‘and they saw’ serves as a narrative hinge marking the sons’ action.
In context — 1 Kings 13:12
And their father spoke to them, “Which is the way he went?” And his sons showed the way that the man of God who came from Judah went.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֣וּ (vayiroo) 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.13.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.12.W7.S1) and character.