1 Kings 13:28:71 Kgs.13.28.W7TAB
וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה
vehaarye
“and the lion”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ar-YE
- Extended
- veh-haa-ar-YEH
- IPA
- /wəhaːʔarˈjeː/
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 | |
| 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-ha-ar-YE
- clause
va-YE-lekh va-yim-TSA et-niv-la-TO mush-LE-khet ba-DER-ekh va-kha-MOR ve-ha-ar-YE ohm-DIM EH-tsel ha-ne-ve-LA
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-yim-TSA et-niv-la-TO mush-LE-khet ba-DER-ekh va-kha-MOR ve-ha-ar-YE ohm-DIM EH-tsel ha-ne-ve-LA lo-a-KHAL ha-ar-YE et-ha-ne-ve-LA ve-LO sha-VAR et-ha-kha-MOR
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects wa-ḥămor wə-hā-ʾaryeh {וֽ͏ַחֲמוֹר וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה | wa-ḥămor wə-hā-ʾaryeh} ‘and a donkey and the lion’ followed by the participle ʿōmḏîm {עֹמְדִ֖ים | ʿōmḏîm} ‘standing’ creates a striking descriptive scene.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-yaleph–resh–yod
“lion”
In context — 1 Kings 13:28
And he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse, nor had he mauled the donkey.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:28, so the Hebrew word וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה (vehaarye) 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.13.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.28.W7.S1) and character.