1 Kings 18:41:61 Kgs.18.41.W6TAB
וּשְׁתֵ֑ה
ushete
“and drink”
- Transliteration
- u-she-TE
- Extended
- oo-sheh-TEH
- IPA
- /uːʃəˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-TE
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHOL u-she-TE
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE ki-KOL ha-MON ha-GA-shem
Exegesis
A sequence of Qal imperatives—aleh {עֲלֵה | ʿă-lêh} ‘go up’, ekhol {אֱכֹל | ’ĕ-kōl} ‘eat’, usheteh {וּשְׁתֵה | ū-šĕ-thêh} ‘drink’—mirrors the Hebrew urgency.
In context — 1 Kings 18:41
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for the roaring of the rain is heard.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:41:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:41, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁתֵ֑ה (ushete) 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.18.41.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.41.W6.S1) and character.