1 Kings 17:7:41 Kgs.17.7.W4TAB
וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ
vayivash
“and it dried up”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VASH
- Extended
- vah-yee-VAHSH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it dried up
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-VASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL
- clause
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ya-MIM va-yi-VASH ha-na-KHAL KI LO-ha-YA GE-shem ba-A-rets
Exegesis
The main clause verb wayyibāš {וַיִּיבַשׁ | wayyibāš} ‘and it dried up’ takes hannāḥal {הַנָּ֑חַל | hannāḥal} ‘the brook’ as its subject.
In context — 1 Kings 17:7
And it happened after some days that the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 17:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ (vayivash) 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.17.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.7.W4.S1) and character.