1 Kings 15:20:171 Kgs.15.20.W17TAB
וְאֵת֙
veet
“and”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET
- Extended
- veh-EET
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ET
- clause
ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA ben-ha-DAD el-ha-ME-lekh a-SA va-yish-LAKH et-sa-RE ha-kha-ya-LIM a-SHER-lo al-a-RE yis-ra-EL va-YAKH et-i-YON ve-et-DAN ve-ET a-VEL BET-ma-a-KHA ve-ET kal-kin-ROT AL kal-E-rets naf-ta-LI
Exegesis
A final vav-consecutive wayyakh {וַיַּךְ֙ | wayyāḵ} ‘and he struck’ launches the battle account with accusative markers introducing toponyms: et-iyon {אֶת־עִיּ֣וֹן | ʾet-ʿiyyōn} ‘Iyon,’ ve-et-dan {וְאֶת־דָּ֔ן | wə-ʾet-dān} ‘and Dan,’ ve-et {וְאֵ֖ת | wə-ʾēṯ} marking Abel (avel {אָבֵ֣ל | ʼāḇēl} ‘Abel’), beit-maakah {בֵּֽית־מַעֲכָ֑ה | bēt-ma‘āḵāh} ‘Beth Maacah,’ and ve-et-kol-kinerot {וְאֵת כָּל־כִּנְרוֹת | wə-ʾet-kāl-kinərôṯ} ‘and all Kinneroth.’
In context — 1 Kings 15:20
Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa and sent his commanders against the cities of Israel; they struck Iyon, Dan, Abel Beth-Maacah, and all Kinnereth , throughout the land of Naphtali.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 15:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֵת֙ (veet) 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.15.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.20.W17.S1) and character.