1 Kings 14:23:11 Kgs.14.23.W1TAB
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ
vayivnu
“and they built”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-NU
- Extended
- vah-yihv-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they built
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM
- clause
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayivnu {וַיִּבְנוּ | wayyibənû} ‘and they built’, which signals a resumption of narrative action.
In context — 1 Kings 14:23
And they also built for themselves high places, pillars , and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (vayivnu) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.23.W1.S1) and character.