1 Kings 16:9:11 Kgs.16.9.W1TAB
וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר
vayikshor
“and conspired”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-SHOR
- Extended
- vah-yik-SHOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and conspired
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV
- clause
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV
- sentence
va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayikshor {וַיִּקְשֹׁר | wayyiqšôr} ‘and he conspired,’ advancing the plot.
Root and etymology
q-sh-rqoph–shin–resh
“to bind together, conspire”
In context — 1 Kings 16:9
And his servant Zimri, the commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤ר (vayikshor) 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.16.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.9.W1.S1) and character.