1 Kings 18:46:21 Kgs.18.46.W2TAB
הָֽיְתָה֙
hayeta
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-ye-TA
- Extended
- haa-yeh-TAA
- IPA
- /hajəˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ye-TA
- clause
ve-YAD-ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA el-e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-NES mot-na-V
- sentence
ve-YAD-ye-ho-VAH ha-ye-TA el-e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-NES mot-na-V va-ya-RATS lif-NE akh-AV ad-bo-a-KHA yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
The verse begins with a fronted subject phrase, veyad-YHWH {וְיַד־יְהוָה | wə-yaḏ-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the hand of the LORD,’ an idiom for YHWH’s active enabling presence, followed by haytah {הָיְתָה | hā-yə-ṯāh} ‘was,’ forming a verbless-like clause that foregrounds divine initiative before describing human action.
In context — 1 Kings 18:46
And the hand of the LORD was upon Elijah, and he girded up his waist , and he ran before Ahab as far as the entrance of Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:46, so the Hebrew word הָֽיְתָה֙ (hayeta) 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.18.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.46.W2.S1) and character.