1 Kings 14:2:61 Kgs.14.2.W6TAB
וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית
vehishtanit
“and disguise yourself”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-ta-NIT
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-tah-NNEET
- IPA
- /vəhiʃ.taˈnniːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and disguise yourself
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hish-ta-NIT
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The Hitpael stem of vehishtanit {וְהִשְׁתַּנִּית | wehištannīṯ} ‘and disguise yourself’ indicates a reflexive action.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“to change, alter”
In context — 1 Kings 14:2
And Jeroboam said to his wife , “Arise, please, and disguise yourself , so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there—he spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית (vehishtanit) 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.14.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W6.S1) and character.