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
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS akh-AV
- clause
va-ya-AS akh-AV et-ha-a-she-RA
- 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 context — 1 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.