1 Kings 15:13:121 Kgs.15.13.W12TAB
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף
vayisrof
“and he burned”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-ROF
- Extended
- vah-yihs-ROHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jɪsˈroːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he burned
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-ROF
- clause
va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON
- sentence
ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON
Exegesis
This verse uses a narrative vav-consecutive chain where wayesireha {וַיְסִרֶהָ | way-yi-sê-rê-hā} ‘and he removed her’, vayikrot {וַיִּכְרֹת | way-yi-ḵrôt} ‘and he cut down’, and vayisrof {וַיִּשְׂרֹף | way-yi-srôp} ‘and he burned’ sequence the reforms.
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Shin–Resh
“to be straight”
In context — 1 Kings 15:13
He also removed his mother Maakah from being queen mother because she had made an abomination for Asherah. Then Asa cut down that abomination and burned it at the brook Kidron.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף (vayisrof) 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.15.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.13.W12.S1) and character.