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

Result
וְ + יִבְ + חֲ + ר֣וּ
ve + yiv + kha + ru
veyivkharu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-yiv-kha-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yiv-kha-RU la-HEM hap-PAR ha-e-KHAD

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.