1 Kings 13:19:31 Kgs.13.19.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֥אכַל
vayokhal
“ate”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-khal
- Extended
- vah-YOH-khal
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.xal/
Meaning by language
- English
- ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-khal
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-khal LE-khem
- sentence
va-YA-shav i-TO va-YO-khal LE-khem be-VE-TO va-YESH-te MA-yim
Exegesis
The clause continues with vayokhal {וַיֹּ֥אכַל | wayyōʾkhal} ‘and he ate’, taking lechem {לֶ֛חֶם | leḥem} ‘bread’ as its object.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaph–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — 1 Kings 13:19
So he returned with him, and he ate bread in his house , and he drank water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אכַל (vayokhal) 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.13.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.19.W3.S1) and character.