1 Kings 18:13:101 Kgs.18.13.W10TAB
וָאַחְבִּא֩
vaakhbi
“and I hid”
- Transliteration
- va-akh-BI
- Extended
- vaa-akh-BEE
- IPA
- /vaːʔaħˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I hid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-akh-BI
- phraseyour reading level
va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
- sentence
ha-LO-hug-GAD la-do-NI ET a-sher-a-SI-ti ba-ha-ROG i-ze-VEL ET ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH va-akh-BI min-ne-vi-E ye-ho-VAH me-A ISH kha-mi-SHIM kha-mi-SHIM ISH bam-me-a-RA va-a-khal-ke-LEM LE-khem va-MA-yim
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutives va-aḥbi {וָאַחְבִּא | wā-ʾaḥ-bîˈ} ‘and I hid’ and va-ʾaḵal-kēlēm {וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ם | wā-ʾă-ḵal-kē-lēm} ‘and I sustained them’ coordinate the speaker’s protective actions.
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-ʾḥet–bet–aleph
“to hide, conceal”
In context — 1 Kings 18:13
Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD ? I hid one hundred of the LORD’s prophets , fifty in the cave, and I provided them with bread and water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word וָאַחְבִּא֩ (vaakhbi) 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.18.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.13.W10.S1) and character.