1 Kings 17:12:211 Kgs.17.12.W21TAB
וָמָֽתְנוּ׃
vamatnu
“and we will die”
- Transliteration
- va-MAT-nu
- Extended
- vaa-MAAT-neh-noo
- IPA
- /vaːˈmaːt.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we will die
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-MAT-nu
- clause
ve-hin-NE me-ko-SHE-shet she-NA-yim E-tsim u-va-TI va-a-si-TI-hu LI ve-liv-NI va-a-khal-NU-hu va-MAT-nu
- sentence
va-to-MER KHAI-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-yesh-LI ma-OG KI im-me-LO kaf-KE-makh ba-KAD u-me-AT-SHE-men ba-tsa-PA-khat ve-hin-NE me-ko-SHE-shet she-NA-yim E-tsim u-va-TI va-a-si-TI-hu LI ve-liv-NI va-a-khal-NU-hu va-MAT-nu
In context — 1 Kings 17:12
And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake; I have only a handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the jug, and behold, I am gathering two sticks so that I may prepare it for my son and myself, and we shall eat it and die.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:12:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Kings 17:12, so the Hebrew word וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ (vamatnu) 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.17.12.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.12.W21.S1) and character.