1 Kings 16:21:131 Kgs.16.21.W13TAB
וְהַחֲצִ֖י
vehakhatsi
“and the half”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-TSI
- Extended
- veh-hah-khah-TSIH
- IPA
- /vəhħaħăˈtsi/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the half
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-TSI
- clause
kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
- sentence
AZ ye-kha-LEK ha-AM yis-re-EL la-KHE-tsi kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lə-ha-mlî-ḵô {לְהַמְלִיכוֹ | lə-ha-mlî-ḵô} ‘to make him king’ marks purpose, and wə-ha-ḥa-ṣî {וְהַחֲצִי | wə-ha-ḥa-ṣî} ‘and the half’ restores the second faction, underscoring the national split.
Root and etymology
Rootḥet–tsade–yod
“half”
In context — 1 Kings 16:21
Then the people of Israel were divided into two halves; half of the people was following Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and the other half was following Omri.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:21, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֲצִ֖י (vehakhatsi) 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.16.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.21.W13.S1) and character.