1 Kings 17:5:21 Kgs.17.5.W2TAB
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕaś/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he did
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-AS kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-ye-LEKH va-ye-SHEV be-na-KHAL ke-RIT a-SHER al-pe-NE ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive {וַ | wə} ‘then’ to chain past actions: first vayelekh {וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, then vaya‘as {וַיַּ֖עַשׂ | wayya‘aś} ‘and he did’.
In context — 1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD . He went and settled by the brook Kerith, which lies east of the Jordan.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 17:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (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.17.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.5.W2.S1) and character.