1 Kings 18:23:41 Kgs.18.23.W4TAB
וְיִבְחֲר֣וּ
veyivkharu
“and let them choose”
- Transliteration
- ve-yiv-kha-RU
- Extended
- veh-yiv-khah-ROO
- IPA
- /vəjiv.ħaˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let them choose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yiv-kha-RU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD
- clause
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu
- sentence
ve-yit-NU-LA-nu she-NA-yim pa-RIM ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD vi-nat-te-KHU-hu ve-ya-SI-mu al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO ya-SI-mu va-a-NI e-e-SE et-hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD ve-na-TAT-ti al-ha-e-TSIM ve-ESH LO a-SIM
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—veyivcharu {וְיִבְחֲרוּ | wə-yiv-ḥa-rū} ‘and let them choose’, veyinatchehu {וִֽינַתְּחֻהּוּ | wi-naṯ-ṭə-ḥū-hū} ‘and let them cut it in pieces’, veyasimu {וְיָשִׂימוּ֙ | wə-ya-šî-mū} ‘and let them place’—sets out the ritual steps.
In context — 1 Kings 18:23
And let them give us two bulls , and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and place it on the wood , but let them not put fire on it. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood, but I will not put fire on it.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְיִבְחֲר֣וּ (veyivkharu) 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.18.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.23.W4.S1) and character.