1 Kings 18:40:111 Kgs.18.40.W11TAB
וַיּוֹרִדֵ֤ם
vayoridem
“and he brought them down”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-ri-DEM
- Extended
- vah-yoh-rih-DEEM
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.riˈdeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he brought them down
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-ri-DEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu
- clause
va-yo-ri-DEM e-li-YA-hu el-NA-khal ki-SHON va-yish-kha-TEM SHAM
- 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
d-mDalet–Mem
“blood”
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 18:40:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:40, so the Hebrew word וַיּוֹרִדֵ֤ם (vayoridem) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.40.W11.S1) and character.