1 Kings 18:28:11 Kgs.18.28.W1TAB
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙
vayikreu
“and they called out”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-re-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.rəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they called out
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
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM ad-she-FAKH-DAM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The verb vayikre’u {וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ | way-yiq-rə-’û} ‘and they called out’ followed by vayitgodedu {וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ | way-yit-go-ddə-ḏû} ‘and they cut themselves’ underscores urgent, repetitive movement.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾ
“to call, invoke”
In context — 1 Kings 18:28
And they called out with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and spears, until their blood poured out upon them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ (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.18.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.28.W1.S1) and character.