1 Kings 13:5:31 Kgs.13.5.W3TAB
וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ
vayishshafekh
“and was poured out”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-sha-FEKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-shah-FEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ʃaːˈfex/
Meaning by language
- English
- and was poured out
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-sha-FEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen
- clause
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen min-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen min-ha-miz-BE-akh ka-mo-FET a-SHER na-TAN ISH ha-e-lo-HIM bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent wayyišāp̄ēḵ {וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ | wayyišāp̄ēḵ} ‘and it was poured out’ introduces haddéšen {הַדֶּשֶׁן | haddéšen} ‘the ashes’ as the subject, with min-hammizbēaḥ {מִן־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | min-hammizbēaḥ} ‘from the altar’ providing spatial context.
In context — 1 Kings 13:5
And the altar was split apart, and its ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׁפֵ֥ךְ (vayishshafekh) 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.13.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.5.W3.S1) and character.