1 Kings 18:25:171 Kgs.18.25.W17TAB
וְאֵ֖שׁ
veesh
“and fire”
- Transliteration
- ve-ESH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fire
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ESH
- clause
ve-kir-U be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem ve-ESH LO ta-si-MU
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu lin-vi-E ha-BA-al ba-kha-RU la-KHEM ha-PAR ha-e-KHAD va-a-SU ri-sho-NA KI a-TEM ha-ra-BIM ve-kir-U be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem ve-ESH LO ta-si-MU
Exegesis
The prohibition we-ʾēš lōʾ tasīmu {וְאֵשׁ לֹא תָשִׂימוּ | we-ʾēš lōʾ tasīmu} ‘and fire you shall not put’ forbids ignition, completing the sequence of commands.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:25
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal , “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, because you are many, and call on the name of your gods , but do not put fire to it.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:25:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֖שׁ (veesh) 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.18.25.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.25.W17.S1) and character.