1 Kings 15:19:131 Kgs.15.19.W13TAB
וְזָהָ֔ב
vezahav
“and gold”
- Transliteration
- ve-za-HAV
- Extended
- veh-zah-HAAV
- IPA
- /vəzɔˈhaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and gold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-za-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
KE-sef ve-za-HAV
- clause
hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
- sentence
be-RIT be-NI u-ve-NE-kha BEN a-VI u-VEN a-VI-kha hin-NE sha-lakh-TI le-KHA SHO-khad KE-sef ve-za-HAV LEKH ha-PE-ra et-be-RIT-kha et-ba-SHA ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL ve-ya-a-LE me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The noun shochad {שֹׁחַד | šō-ḥaḏ} ‘bribe’ with the coordinated nouns kesef and zahav {כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב | kĕ-sep̄ wə-zā-hāv} ‘silver and gold’ frames a diplomatic offering.
In context — 1 Kings 15:19
A covenant exists between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Go and break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 15:19, so the Hebrew word וְזָהָ֔ב (vezahav) 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.15.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.19.W13.S1) and character.