1 Kings 19:18:11 Kgs.19.18.W1TAB
וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּ֥י
vehisharti
“and I will leave”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-AR-ti
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-AAR-tih
- IPA
- /vəhiʃˈʔar.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will leave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hish-AR-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM
- sentence
ve-hish-AR-ti be-yis-ra-EL shiv-AT a-la-FIM kal-ha-bir-KA-yim a-SHER lo-kha-re-U la-BA-al ve-khal-ha-PE a-SHER lo-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive prefix in vehisharti {וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּ֥י | wəhiššārti} ‘and I will leave’ shifts perfect aspect into a future narrative, emphasizing divine resolution.
Root and etymology
ש־א־ר
“to remain”
In context — 1 Kings 19:18
But I will leave seven thousand in Israel—every knee that has not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 19:18, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּ֥י (vehisharti) 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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.18.W1.S1) and character.