1 Kings 15:18:141 Kgs.15.18.W14TAB
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם
vayishlakhem
“and he sent them”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-la-KHEM
- Extended
- vah-yish-lah-KHEEM
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃlaːˈħeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent them
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-la-KHEM
- clause
va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH a-SA et-KOL-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV ha-no-ta-RIM be-ots-ROT BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-et-ots-ROT BET me-LEKH ha-ME-lekh va-yit-ne-NEM be-yad-a-va-DAV va-yish-la-KHEM ha-ME-lekh a-SA el-ben-ha-DAD ben-tab-rim-MON ben-khez-YON ME-lekh a-RAM ha-yo-SHEV be-da-ME-sek le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse is a single extended narrative sentence driven by a chain of wayyiqtol forms: wayyiqqah {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | wayyiqqāḥ} ‘and he took’, wayyitnem {וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם | wayyiṯnēm} ‘and he gave them’, and wayyishlahem {וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם | wayyišlāḥēm} ‘and he sent them’. This sequence advances the plot from acquisition, to transfer, to diplomatic delivery.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–ḥet
“to send”
In context — 1 Kings 15:18
Asa took all the silver and the gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king’s house, the king’s palace, and he put them into the hand of his servants and sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezyon, king of Aram, the one dwelling in Damascus, saying,
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 15:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם (vayishlakhem) 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.15.18.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.18.W14.S1) and character.