1 Kings 18:27:151 Kgs.18.27.W15TAB
וְכִֽי־דֶ֣רֶךְ
vekhiderekh
“and for a journey”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-DE-rekh
- Extended
- veh-khih-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /vəχiˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for a journey
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-DE-rekh LO
- clause
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO u-LAI ya-SHEN HU ve-yi-KATS
Exegesis
A series of ki-clauses (ki-elohim {כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים | kî-ʾĕlōhîm}, ki {כִּ֣י | kî} before each alternative) presents sarcastic possibilities regarding the deity’s actions.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — 1 Kings 18:27
And it was at noon, and Elijah mocked them and said, “Call with a loud voice, for he is a god . For he is meditating , or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and will awaken.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:27:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־דֶ֣רֶךְ (vekhiderekh) 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.18.27.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.27.W15.S1) and character.