1 Kings 18:21:11 Kgs.18.21.W1TAB
וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ
vayiggash
“and he approached”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GASH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he approached
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu
- clause
va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu el-KOL-ha-AM va-yo-MER ad-ma-TAI a-TEM po-se-KHIM al-she-TEI has-se-i-PIM im-Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM le-KHU a-kha-RAV ve-im-hab-BA-al le-KHU a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu el-KOL-ha-AM va-yo-MER ad-ma-TAI a-TEM po-se-KHIM al-she-TEI has-se-i-PIM im-Ye-ho-VAH ha-e-lo-HIM le-KHU a-kha-RAV ve-im-hab-BA-al le-KHU a-kha-RAV ve-LO-a-NU ha-AM o-TO da-VAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayiggash {וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ | wayyiḡaš} ‘and he approached’ followed by vayyomer {וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, framing Elijah’s public address.
In context — 1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah drew near to all the people and said, “How long will you continue limping on two branches ? If the LORD God is God, follow Him; but if Baal is god, then follow Him.” Yet the people gave him no reply.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ (vayiggash) 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.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.21.W1.S1) and character.