1 Kings 15:12:41 Kgs.15.12.W4TAB
וַיָּ֙סַר֙
vayasar
“and he removed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SAR
- Extended
- vah-yah-SAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he removed
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SAR
- clause
va-ya-SAR et-kol-ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TAV
- 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.”
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 15:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 15:12, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙סַר֙ (vayasar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.12.W4.S1) and character.