1 Kings 18:26:61 Kgs.18.26.W6TAB
וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ
vayikreu
“and they called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-reh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqrɛˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they called
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al
- clause
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
Exegesis
The account uses a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs to drive the narrative: vayikchu {וַ֠יִּקְחוּ | vaiyyiqḥû} ‘and they took’, vaya‘asu {וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ | vāya‘ăśû} ‘and they prepared’, vayiqre’u {וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ | vāyiqrē’û} ‘and they called’, highlighting uninterrupted ritual actions.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call”
In context — 1 Kings 18:26
So they took the bull that had been given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from the morning until the noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice or response. Then they limped on the altar that they had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ (vayikreu) 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.18.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W6.S1) and character.