1 Kings 16:30:11 Kgs.16.30.W1TAB
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did or made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did or made
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re
- clause
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vayyaʿăś {וַיַּ֨עַשׂ | wayyaʿăś} ‘and he did’, which introduces a past action in sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab, son of Omri, did the evil in the eyes of the LORD more than all who were before him .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:30, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.16.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.30.W1.S1) and character.