1 Kings 15:12:11 Kgs.15.12.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר
vayaaver
“and he made pass away or removed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-VER
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-VEHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made pass away or removed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-VER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM
- clause
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER ha-ke-de-SHIM min-ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The verse uses vav-consecutive Hiphil verbs to present sequential reform actions with wayyaaver {וַיַּעֲבֵר | wayya‘ăḇēr} “and he removed” followed by wayyasar {וַיָּסַר | wayyāsar} “and he took away.”
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-rayin–bet–resh
“to pass over, remove”
In context — 1 Kings 15:12
And he removed the male shrine prostitutes from the land, and he took away all the idols that his fathers had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר (vayaaver) 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.15.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.12.W1.S1) and character.