1 Kings 14:8:11 Kgs.14.8.W1TAB
וָאֶקְרַ֤ע
vaekra
“and I tore”
- Transliteration
- va-ek-RA
- Extended
- vaa-ehk-RAH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛqˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I tore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-ek-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA
- clause
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH
- sentence
va-ek-RA et-ha-mam-la-KHA mi-BET da-VID va-et-te-NE-ha LAKH ve-lo-ha-YI-ta ke-av-DI da-VID a-SHER sha-MAR mits-vo-TAI va-a-sher-ha-LAKH a-kha-RAI be-khol-le-va-VO la-a-SOT RAK ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vav-consecutive prefixed verb va’eqra {וָאֶקְרַ֤ע | wāʾeqraʾ} ‘and I tore,’ immediately followed by the direct object marker et-hamamlāḵāh {אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ | ʾet hammamlāḵā}, highlighting the removal of the kingdom.
Root and etymology
r–ʿResh–Ayin
“evil, harmful”
In context — 1 Kings 14:8
And I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:8, so the Hebrew word וָאֶקְרַ֤ע (vaekra) 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.14.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.8.W1.S1) and character.