1 Kings 18:30:61 Kgs.18.30.W6TAB
וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּ
vayiggeshu
“and they came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-ge-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yihg-geh-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jig.gəˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came near
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-ge-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-ge-SHU khol-ha-AM
- clause
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu le-khol-ha-AM ge-SHU e-LAI va-yig-ge-SHU khol-ha-AM e-LAV
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu le-khol-ha-AM ge-SHU e-LAI va-yig-ge-SHU khol-ha-AM e-LAV va-ye-ra-PE et-miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH he-ha-RUS
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayyigshu {וַיִּגְּשׁוּ | wayyigšū} ‘and they came near’ repeats the inclusive kol-haam {כָל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām} ‘all the people’ with elav {אֵלָיו | ʾē-lāw} ‘to him’, highlighting universal obedience.
Root and etymology
“to come near”
In context — 1 Kings 18:30
And Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people drew near to him. Then he restored the altar of the LORD that had been torn down .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:30, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּ (vayiggeshu) 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.18.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.30.W6.S1) and character.