1 Kings 13:30:41 Kgs.13.30.W4TAB
וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּ
vayispedu
“they mourned”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-pe-DU
- Extended
- vah-yihs-peh-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.pəˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they mourned
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-pe-DU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV
- clause
va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV HOI a-KHI
- sentence
va-ya-NAKH et-niv-la-TO be-kiv-RO va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV HOI a-KHI
Exegesis
A coordinating vav introduces vayyispədû {וַיִּסְפְּדוּ | wayyispədû} ‘and they mourned,’ shifting to communal action, and ʿalāyv {עָלָיו | ʿalāyv} ‘over him’ centers the grief.
In context — 1 Kings 13:30
And he laid his corpse in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas , my brother !”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְפְּד֥וּ (vayispedu) 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.13.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.30.W4.S1) and character.