1 Kings 16:25:11 Kgs.16.25.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
vayaase
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-A-SE
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕaˈsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-A-SE
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-A-SE om-re-I
- clause
va-ya-A-SE om-re-I ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-A-SE om-re-I ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ya-RA mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAIV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyaʿăśeh {וַיַּעֲשֶׂה | way-ya‘-ă-śeh} linking Omri’s action to the royal evaluation sequence.
Root and etymology
“to do, to make”
In context — 1 Kings 16:25
And Omri did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:25, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (vayaase) 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.16.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.25.W1.S1) and character.