1 Kings 13:25:41 Kgs.13.25.W4TAB
וַיִּרְא֤וּ
vayiru
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH
- clause
ve-hin-NEH a-na-SHIM o-VREEM va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-et-ha-ar-YEH o-MED E-tsel ha-ne-ve-LAH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH a-na-SHIM o-VREEM va-yir-U et-ha-ne-ve-LAH mush-le-KHET ba-DE-rekh ve-et-ha-ar-YEH o-MED E-tsel ha-ne-ve-LAH va-ya-BO-u va-ye-dab-RU ba-IR a-SHER ha-na-VI ha-za-KEN yo-SHEV BAH
Exegesis
The participle ovrim {עֹבְרִים | ʿō-vrîm} ‘passing by’ sets the witnesses in motion before the verb vayir’u {וַיִּרְא֤וּ | way-yir-ʼû} ‘and they saw’, which shifts to eyewitness perception.
In context — 1 Kings 13:25
And behold, men were passing by and saw the carcass thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside it. And they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֤וּ (vayiru) 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.13.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.25.W4.S1) and character.