1 Kings 18:45:111 Kgs.18.45.W11TAB
וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב
vayirkav
“and he rode”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yir-KAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rode
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-KAV akh-AV
- clause
va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
vayelekh {וַיִּרְכַּב … וַיֵּלֶךְ | way-yir-kaḇ … way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he rode …
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב (vayirkav) 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.18.45.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W11.S1) and character.