1 Kings 14:18:31 Kgs.14.18.W3TAB
וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ל֖וֹ
vayispedulo
“and they mourned for him”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-pe-DU-lo
- Extended
- vah-yis-peh-DUU-loh
- IPA
- /vaj.jispəˈduː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they mourned for 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-pe-DU-lo
- clause
va-yik-be-RU O-to va-yis-pe-DU-lo KAL-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU O-to va-yis-pe-DU-lo KAL-yis-ra-EL ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-do a-khi-YA-hu ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive narrative marker, introducing vayiqberu {וַיִּקְבְּרוּ | vāyiqqəberû} ‘and they buried’ followed by vayisəp̄əḏû-lō {וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־לוֹ | vāyisəp̄əḏû-lō} ‘and they mourned for him’, creating a sequential historical narrative.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־דs-f-d
“to wail, lament”
In context — 1 Kings 14:18
And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ל֖וֹ (vayispedulo) 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.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.18.W3.S1) and character.