1 Kings 16:10:41 Kgs.16.10.W4TAB
וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ
vayemitehu
“and killed him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mih-TEE-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.miˈteː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and killed him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu
- clause
va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAI-v
Exegesis
The narrative employs three sequential vav-consecutive verbs—vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyā-ḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, vayakkehu {וַיַּכֵּהוּ | wayyakkēhû} ‘and he struck him down’, and vayemitehu {וַיְמִיתֵהוּ | wayyəmîṯêhû} ‘and he killed him’—to depict swift palace violence.
In context — 1 Kings 16:10
Zimri entered, struck him down , and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah; then he reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ (vayemitehu) 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.16.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.10.W4.S1) and character.