1 Kings 16:33:41 Kgs.16.33.W4TAB
וַיּ֨וֹסֶף
vayosef
“and he added”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-SEF
- Extended
- vah-yoh-SEHF
- IPA
- /vaj.joːˈsef/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he added
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-SEF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-SEF akh-AV
- clause
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
- 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.
Root and etymology
y-s-pyod–sin–pe
“to add, increase”
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 16:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:33, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֨וֹסֶף (vayosef) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.33.W4.S1) and character.