1 Kings 13:22:121 Kgs.13.22.W12TAB
וְאַל־תֵּ֣שְׁתְּ
vealteshet
“and do not drink”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-TE-shet
- Extended
- veh-ahl-TEH-shet
- IPA
- /vəʔal.teːʃət/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do not drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-TE-shet
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim
- clause
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim
- sentence
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim lo-ta-VO niv-la-TE-kha el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The prohibition is quoted with ʾal + imperfect (al-toakhal {אַל־תֹּאכַל | ʾal-tō-ʾḵal}, ve-al-tesht {וְאַל־תֵּשְׁתְּ | wə-ʾal-ṯēšt}), a construction suited to direct commands, and it repeats the paired actions “eat bread” and “drink water” for emphasis.
In context — 1 Kings 13:22
But you returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where He spoke to you, “Do not eat bread, and do not drink water.” Your corpse will not come to the grave of your fathers.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־תֵּ֣שְׁתְּ (vealteshet) 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.13.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.22.W12.S1) and character.