1 Kings 18:35:51 Kgs.18.35.W5TAB
וְגַ֥ם
vegam
“and also”
- Transliteration
- ve-GAM
- Extended
- veh-GAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈɣam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA
- clause
ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yel-KHU ha-MA-yim sa-VIV la-miz-BE-akh ve-GAM et-ha-te-a-LA mi-LE-MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse is a tight narrative report built from two clauses joined by wəgam {וְגַ֥ם | wəgam} ‘and also/even’, which heightens the second action as an added, emphatic result.
In context — 1 Kings 18:35
And the water went around the altar , and it also filled the trench with water.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:35, so the Hebrew word וְגַ֥ם (vegam) 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.18.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.35.W5.S1) and character.