1 Kings 18:6:11 Kgs.18.6.W1TAB
וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ
vayekhaleku
“and they divided”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHA-le-KU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHAH-leh-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jəħalˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they divided
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHA-le-KU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM
- clause
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba
- sentence
va-ye-KHA-le-KU la-HEM et-ha-A-rets la-a-VAR-ba akh-AV ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh e-KHAD le-vad-DO ve-o-vad-YA-hu ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh-e-KHAD le-vad-DO
Exegesis
The clause opens with way-ḥalləqû {וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ | way-ḥalləqû} ‘and they divided’, a waw-consecutive form that advances the storyline with a coordinated action taken by the two men.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–lamed–qof
“divide, apportion”
In context — 1 Kings 18:6
So they divided the land among themselves to pass through it; Ahab went by one way by himself , and Obadiah went by another way by himself.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 18:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ (vayekhaleku) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.6.W1.S1) and character.