1 Kings 18:29:81 Kgs.18.29.W8TAB
וְאֵֽין־ק֥וֹל
veenkol
“and there was no voice”
- Transliteration
- ve-EN-KOL
- Extended
- veh-EEN-KOHL
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːn.qoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was no voice
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-EN-KOL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE
- clause
ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-a-VOR ha-tso-ha-ra-YIM va-yit-ne-be-U AD la-a-LOT ha-min-KHA ve-EN-KOL ve-EN-o-NE ve-EN KA-shev
Exegesis
The triple negation ve’ein {וְאֵֽין | wə·ʾēn} emphasizes complete silence and absence of response.
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ל
“voice, sound”
In context — 1 Kings 18:29
And it happened as midday passed, and they prophesied until the time of the grain offering , but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:29, so the Hebrew word וְאֵֽין־ק֥וֹל (veenkol) 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.18.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.29.W8.S1) and character.