1 Kings 18:40:101 Kgs.18.40.W10TAB
וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם
vayitpesum
“and they seized them”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-pe-SUM
- Extended
- vah-yiht-peh-SOOM
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.pəˈsuːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they seized them
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-pe-SUM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ISH al-yim-ma-LET me-HEM va-yit-pe-SUM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu la-HEM tif-SU et-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ISH al-yim-ma-LET me-HEM va-yit-pe-SUM va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu el-NA-khal ki-SHON va-yish-kha-TEM SHAM
Exegesis
The narrative continues with vayitpesum {וַיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם | va-yit-p̄ə-śūm} ‘and they seized them’ and vayoridem {וַיּוֹרִדֵ֤ם | va-yō-rî-dēm} ‘and he brought them down.’
Root and etymology
consonants שׂ־י־םSin–Yod–Mem
“to put, set, place”
In context — 1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape from them.” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Brook and slaughtered them there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:40:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:40, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם (vayitpesum) 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.18.40.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.40.W10.S1) and character.