1 Kings 13:25:81 Kgs.13.25.W8TAB
וְאֶת־הָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה
veethaaryeh
“and the lion”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-ar-YEH
- Extended
- veh-eht-haa-ar-YEH
- IPA
- /wəʔɛt.haːʔarˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the lion
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-ar-YEH
- 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 conjunction ve-et-ha-aryeh {וְאֶת־הָאַרְיֵ֔ה | wə-ʾet-hā-ă-rē-yeh} introduces a second object, with omed {עֹמֵד | ʿō-mēḏ} ‘standing’ and the phrase etsel hanvelah {אֵ֣צֶל הַנְּבֵלָה | ʼē-ṣel han-nə-wê-lā} ‘beside the carcass’ describing the lion’s position.
Root and etymology
’-r-yaleph–resh–yod
“lion”
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 13:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 13:25, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה (veethaaryeh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.25.W8.S1) and character.