1 Kings 18:34:81 Kgs.18.34.W8TAB
וְעַל־הָעֵצִ֑ים
vealhaetsim
“and upon the wood”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ha-e-TSIM
- Extended
- veh-ahl-hah-eh-TSIIM
- IPA
- /vəʕal.haː.ʕeːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon the wood
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-ha-e-TSIM
- clause
va-yo-MER mil-E-u ar-ba-A ka-DIM MA-yim ve-yits-KE-u al-ha-o-LA ve-al-ha-e-TSIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER mil-E-u ar-ba-A ka-DIM MA-yim ve-yits-KE-u al-ha-o-LA ve-al-ha-e-TSIM va-yo-MER she-NU va-yish-NU va-yo-MER shal-LE-shu va-ye-shal-LE-shu
Root and etymology
ע־ל־ה
“to ascend”
In context — 1 Kings 18:34
Then he said, “Do it again ,” and they did it again. Then he said, “Do it a third time ,” and they did it a third time.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:34, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הָעֵצִ֑ים (vealhaetsim) 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.18.34.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.34.W8.S1) and character.