1 Kings 15:23:61 Kgs.15.23.W6TAB
וְהֶֽעָרִים֙
vehearim
“and the cities”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-a-RIM
- Extended
- veh-heh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /wəhɛʕaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the cities
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-he-a-RIM
- clause
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter kol-div-RE-A-sa ve-khol-ge-vu-ra-TO ve-khol-a-SHER A-sa ve-he-a-RIM a-SHER ba-NA ha-LO-he-MA khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA RAK le-ET zik-na-TO kha-LA et-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The phrase wehe‘arim asher banah {וְהֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה | wə-hē-ʿā-rîm ă-šer bā-nāh} ‘and the cities which he built’ extends this summary.
In context — 1 Kings 15:23
The remaining acts of Asa—his might, what he did, and the cities he built—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Yet in his old age , he became diseased in his feet.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְהֶֽעָרִים֙ (vehearim) 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.15.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.23.W6.S1) and character.