1 Kings 18:30:91 Kgs.18.30.W9TAB
וַיְרַפֵּ֛א
vayerape
“and he repaired”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ra-PE
- Extended
- vah-yeh-rah-PEE
- IPA
- /vaj.rərapˈpeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he repaired
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ra-PE
- clause
va-ye-ra-PE et-miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH he-ha-RUS
- 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 subsequent Piel vav-consecutive imperfect vayyerappēʾ {וַיְרַפֵּא | wayyərappēʾ} ‘and he restored’ takes the construct et-mizbēaḥ YHWH {אֶת־מִזְבֵּחַ יְהוָה | ʾet-mizbēaḥ Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the altar of the LORD’ as its object, where et marks specificity and the construct chain signals possession.
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 18:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:30, so the Hebrew word וַיְרַפֵּ֛א (vayerape) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.30.W9.S1) and character.