1 Kings 16:11:131 Kgs.16.11.W13TAB
וְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃
vereehu
“and his friend”
- Transliteration
- ve-re-E-HU
- Extended
- veh-ree-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /vərɛːˈʕeːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his friend
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-re-E-HU
- clause
ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU
Exegesis
A tricolon wə-gō‘ălāv wə-rē‘ēhû {וְגֹאֲלָ֖יו וְרֵעֵֽהוּ | wə-gō‘ălāv wə-rē‘ēhû} ‘and his kinsman and his friend’ underscores the complete eradication of kin and companions. The English rendition balances fidelity to Hebrew structure with clarity, treating the idiom literally in formal and functionally in dynamic.
Root and etymology
r-ʿresh–ayin
“friend, companion”
In context — 1 Kings 16:11
And it happened, when he began to reign and sat upon his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave for him one who urinates against a wall nor any of his kinsmen or his friends .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (vereehu) 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.16.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.11.W13.S1) and character.