1 Kings 17:3:61 Kgs.17.3.W6TAB
וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙
venistarta
“and you shall hide yourself”
- Transliteration
- ve-nis-tar-TA
- Extended
- veh-nihs-tahr-TAA
- IPA
- /vənistartˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall hide yourself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nis-tar-TA
- clause
ve-nis-tar-TA be-na-KHAL khe-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
LEKH miz-ZE u-fa-NI-ta le-KHA KED-ma ve-nis-tar-TA be-na-KHAL khe-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The verse presents a tripartite imperative sequence: lekh {לֵ֣ךְ | lē-ḵ} ‘go’, ūpānîṯā {וּפָנִ֥יתָ | ū-pā-nî-ṯā} ‘and turn’, wə-niśtartā {וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ | wə-niś-tar-tā} ‘and hide’.
In context — 1 Kings 17:3
Go from here and turn eastward for yourself, and hide in the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 17:3, so the Hebrew word וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ (venistarta) 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.17.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.3.W6.S1) and character.