1 Kings 18:36:41 Kgs.18.36.W4TAB
וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ
vayiggash
“and he came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GASH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came near
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-a-LOT ha-min-KHA va-yig-GASH e-li-YA-hu ha-na-VI va-yo-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM yits-KHAK ve-yis-ra-EL ha-YOM yi-va-DA ki-a-TA e-lo-HIM be-yis-ra-EL va-a-NI av-DE-kha u-ve-dva-re-KHA u-vid-va-re-KHA a-SI-ti ET kal-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
Vayiggash {וַיִּגַּשׁ | way·yig·gaš} introduces Elijah’s approach to the altar.
In context — 1 Kings 18:36
When the offering time arrived, Elijah the prophet drew near and declared, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel , let it be recognized today that You alone are God in Israel and that I am Your servant , and by Your word I have carried out all these things.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ (vayiggash) 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.18.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.36.W4.S1) and character.