1 Kings 15:27:121 Kgs.15.27.W12TAB
וְנָדָב֙
venadav
“and Nadab”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-DAV
- Extended
- veh-nah-DAAV
- IPA
- /vənɔːˈðɔːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Nadab
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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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-DAV
- clause
ve-na-DAV ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL tsa-RIM al-gib-be-TON
- 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
Finally, the participle tsarim {צָרִ֖ים | ṣā-rîm} ‘were besieging’ with the conjoined subjects venadav {וְנָדָב֙ | wə-nā-ḏāv} and vekol-yisrael {וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | wə-kol-yi-sra-ʾēl} and the prepositional phrase al-gibton {עַֽל־גִּבְּתֽוֹן | ʿal-ḡib-tōn} ‘against Gibbethon’ provides the concurrent military action.
Root and etymology
n-d-bnun–dalet–bet
“to give willingly”
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 15:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:27, so the Hebrew word וְנָדָב֙ (venadav) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.27.W12.S1) and character.