1 Kings 18:25:91 Kgs.18.25.W9TAB
וַעֲשׂ֣וּ
vaasu
“and prepare”
- Transliteration
- va-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /va.ʕăˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and prepare
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SU ri-sho-NA
- clause
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
- 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
Two coordinated imperatives ba-kha-rû {בַּחֲר֨וּ | ba-ḥa-rû} ‘choose’ and wa-ʿă-sū {וַעֲשׂ֣וּ | wa-ʿă-sū} ‘and do’ are modified by the adverb riš-šōnāh {רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה | riš-šōnāh} ‘first’.
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 18:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word וַעֲשׂ֣וּ (vaasu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.25.W9.S1) and character.