1 Kings 18:46:61 Kgs.18.46.W6TAB
וַיָּ֙רָץ֙
vayarats
“and he ran”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-RATS
- Extended
- vah-yaa-RAATS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈrɔts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he ran
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-RATS
- clause
va-ya-RATS lif-NE akh-AV ad-bo-a-KHA yiz-re-e-LA
- 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 narration then advances through a chain of wayyiqtol forms: vayeshannes {וַיְשַׁנֵּס | way-šăn-nēs} ‘and he girded up’ (intensive Piel, describing preparation) and vayarats {וַיָּרָץ | way-yā-rāṣ} ‘and he ran’ (Qal, the resulting 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 18:46:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:46, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ (vayarats) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.46.W6.S1) and character.