1 Kings 13:21:11 Kgs.13.21.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרָ֞א
vayikra
“cried out”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-RA
- Extended
- vah-yik-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- cried out
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-RA
- clause
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiqra {וַיִּקְרָא | way-yiqrā} ‘and he called’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ק־ר־א
“to cry out, proclaim”
In context — 1 Kings 13:21
And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרָ֞א (vayikra) 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.13.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W1.S1) and character.