1 Kings 16:12:11 Kgs.16.12.W1TAB
וַיַּשְׁמֵ֣ד
vayashmed
“and he destroyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-MED
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-MEHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈmeːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he destroyed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-MED
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-MED zim-RI
- clause
va-yash-MED zim-RI ET kol-BET ba-sha
- sentence
va-yash-MED zim-RI ET kol-BET ba-sha kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER dib-BER el-ba-sha be-YAD ye-HU ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav consecutive verb vayashmed {וַיַּשְׁמֵד | way-ya-šmed} ‘and he destroyed’, introducing divine judgment as fulfillment.
Root and etymology
shin–mem–daletš-m-ḏ
“to destroy”
In context — 1 Kings 16:12
So Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, in keeping with the word of the LORD that He had spoken to Baasha through Jehu the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁמֵ֣ד (vayashmed) 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.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.12.W1.S1) and character.