1 Kings 18:26:91 Kgs.18.26.W9TAB
וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַ֤יִם
veadhatsoharayim
“and until the noon”
- Transliteration
- ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim
- Extended
- veh-ahd-hah-tsoh-hah-RAH-yihm
- IPA
- /wəʕað.hatsˈtsɔ̆hă.raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and until the noon
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR
- 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 temporal expression mēhabbōqer wə‘ăd haṣṣōhŏrāyim {מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַיִם | mēhabbōqer wə‘ăd haṣṣōhŏrāyim} ‘from the morning until noon’ frames the duration of the invocation.
Root and etymology
ṣ-h-rṣade–he–resh
“to shine, be bright”
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 18:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַ֤יִם (veadhatsoharayim) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W9.S1) and character.