1 Kings 13:29:51 Kgs.13.29.W5TAB
וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּ
vayannikhehu
“laid him”
- Transliteration
- va-yan-ni-KHE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yahn-nih-KHEH-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jan.niˈħeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- laid him
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yan-ni-KHE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR
- clause
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu
- sentence
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a series of sequential vav-consecutive verbs: vayissa {וַיִּשָּׂא | wayyissaʾ} ‘and he lifted’, vayanichehu {וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ | wayyanhiḥēhu} ‘and he laid it down’, vayeshivehu {וַיְשִׁיבֵהוּ | wayyăšīvēhu} ‘and he brought him back’, and vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, indicating chronological progression.
Root and etymology
n–w–ḥnun–vav–chet
“to rest”
In context — 1 Kings 13:29
And the prophet lifted the body of the man of God and placed it upon the donkey. Then he brought him back and came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 13:29, so the Hebrew word וַיַּנִּחֵ֥הוּ (vayannikhehu) 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.13.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.29.W5.S1) and character.