1 Kings 17:6:111 Kgs.17.6.W11TAB
יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
yishte
“he drank”
- Transliteration
- yish-TE
- Extended
- yihsh-TEH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he drank
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-TE
- clause
u-min-ha-NA-khal yish-TE
- sentence
ve-ha-or-VIM me-vi-IIM LO LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-BO-ker ve-LE-khem u-va-SAR ba-A-rev u-min-ha-NA-khal yish-TE
Exegesis
Finally, uminhanachal {וּמִן־הַנַּ֖חַל | û-min-han-nā-ḥāl} ‘from the brook’ followed by yishte {יִשְׁתֶּֽה | yiš-teh} ‘he will drink’ indicates habitual action. The repeated parallelism of objects and temporal phrases creates a rhythmic pattern that highlights reliable sustenance through unlikely agents.
In context — 1 Kings 17:6
And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the stream .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:6, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (yishte) 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.17.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.6.W11.S1) and character.