1 Kings 18:19:121 Kgs.18.19.W12TAB
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים
vakhamishim
“and fifty”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mi-SHIM
- Extended
- vah-khah-mih-SHEEM
- IPA
- /vaħămiʃˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fifty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-mi-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
ar-BA me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM
- clause
ve-et-ne-vi-E ha-ba-AL ar-BA me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM u-ne-vi-E ha-a-she-RA ar-BA me-OT o-khe-LE shul-KHAN i-za-VEL
- sentence
ve-a-TA she-LAKH ke-VOTS e-LAI et-KAL-yis-ra-EL el-HAR ha-kar-MEL ve-et-ne-vi-E ha-ba-AL ar-BA me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM u-ne-vi-E ha-a-she-RA ar-BA me-OT o-khe-LE shul-KHAN i-za-VEL
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-ʾet-nə-ḇiʾê {וְאֶת־נְבִיאֵי | wə-ʾet-nə-ḇiʾê} introduces ha-baʿal {הַבַּעַל | ha-baʿal} ‘prophets of Baal’, enumerated by the compound numeral ʾarbaʿ mêʾōṯ va-ḥămišîm {אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים | ʾarbaʿ mêʾōṯ va-ḥămišîm} ‘four hundred and fifty’ (450).
In context — 1 Kings 18:19
So now, send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and also the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 18:19, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים (vakhamishim) 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.18.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.19.W12.S1) and character.