1 Kings 16:33:11 Kgs.16.33.W1TAB

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ

vayaas

and he made

Transliteration
va-ya-AS
Extended
vah-yah-AS
IPA
/vaj.jaˈʕas/

Meaning by language

English
and he made

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֥ + עַשׂ
va + ya + as
vayaas

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-AS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-AS akh-AV

  3. clause

    va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA va-yo-SEF akh-AV la-a-SOT le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH a-lo-HE yis-ra-EL mi-KOL mal-KHE yis-ra-EL a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV

Exegesis

The Hebrew narrative employs the vav-consecutive prefixes vayaas {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | va-yyaʿăś} ‘and he made’ and vayyosef {וַיּ֨וֹסֶף | wayyōsēp̄} ‘and he added’ to structure a progression of actions.

In context1 Kings 16:33

And Ahab made an Asherah pole and did more to provoke the LORD the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:33, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (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.16.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W1.S1) and character.