1 Kings 18:20:11 Kgs.18.20.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח
vayishlakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH akh-AV
- clause
va-yish-LAKH akh-AV be-KHOL-be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH akh-AV be-KHOL-be-NE yis-ra-EL va-yik-BOTS et-ha-ne-vi-IM el-HAR ha-kar-MEL
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav-consecutive imperfect verbs, first vayishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | wā-yiš-lā-ḥ} ‘and he sent’ followed by vayikbotz {וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץ | wā-yiq-bōṣ} ‘and he gathered,’ creating a sequential action flow.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-l-ḥ
“to send out, dispatch”
In context — 1 Kings 18:20
So Ahab sent messages throughout all the children of Israel, and he gathered the prophets to Mount Carmel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (vayishlakh) 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.18.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.20.W1.S1) and character.