1 Kings 18:13:191 Kgs.18.13.W19TAB
וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ם
vaakhalkelem
“and I provided for them”
- Transliteration
- va-a-khal-ke-LEM
- Extended
- vaa-ah-khal-keh-LEHM
- IPA
- /vaːʔăχal.kəˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I provided for them
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-khal-ke-LEM
- 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.
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 18:13:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 18:13, so the Hebrew word וָאֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ם (vaakhalkelem) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.13.W19.S1) and character.