1 Kings 18:27:21 Kgs.18.27.W2TAB
בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם
vatsohorayim
“at the midday”
- Transliteration
- va-tso-ho-ra-YIM
- Extended
- vah-tsoh-hoh-rah-YEEM
- IPA
- /vat.tsohɔ̆raˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the midday
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-tso-ho-ra-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM
- 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
The narrative initiates with the vav-consecutive form vayhi {וַיְהִי | wə-ye-hî} establishing a past narrative sequence, followed by the temporal phrase batzohorayim {בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם | ba-ṣohō-rā-yim} “at noon.”
Root and etymology
ṣ-h-rṣade–he–resh
“to shine, be bright”
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 18:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם (vatsohorayim) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.27.W2.S1) and character.