1 Kings 15:27:11 Kgs.15.27.W1TAB
וַיִּקשֹׁ֨ר
vayikshor
“and he conspired”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-SHOR
- Extended
- vah-yik-SHOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he conspired
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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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV
- clause
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV ba-e-SHA ben-a-khi-YA le-VET yis-sa-SKHAR va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA be-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV ba-e-SHA ben-a-khi-YA le-VET yis-sa-SKHAR va-yak-KE-hu ba-e-SHA be-gib-be-TON a-SHER lap-pe-lish-TIM ve-na-DAV ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL tsa-RIM al-gib-be-TON
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayikshor {וַיִּקְשֹׁ֨ר | va-yik-šōr} ‘and he conspired’, linking the narrative sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootq-sh-r
“to bind, conspire”
In context — 1 Kings 15:27
Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקשֹׁ֨ר (vayikshor) 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.15.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.27.W1.S1) and character.