1 Kings 18:38:31 Kgs.18.38.W3TAB
וַתֹּ֤אכַל
vatokhal
“and it consumed”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-khal
- Extended
- vah-TOH-khal
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.ʔaχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it consumed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TO-khal
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-khal et-ha-o-LA
- clause
va-tip-POL ESH-Ye-ho-VAH va-TO-khal et-ha-o-LA ve-et-ha-e-TSIM ve-et-ha-a-va-NIM ve-et-he-a-FAR
- sentence
va-tip-POL ESH-Ye-ho-VAH va-TO-khal et-ha-o-LA ve-et-ha-e-TSIM ve-et-ha-a-va-NIM ve-et-he-a-FAR ve-et-ha-MA-yim a-SHER-ba-te-a-LA li-KHE-kha
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav consecutive {וַ | wāw consecutive} prefixed to the Qal imperfect verbs vatipol {וַתִּפֹּל | vat-ti-pôl} and vatoakhal {וַתֹּאכַל | wat-tō-ʼă-kal} to drive the narrative sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:38, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֤אכַל (vatokhal) 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.18.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.38.W3.S1) and character.