1 Kings 19:2:11 Kgs.19.2.W1TAB
וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח
vatishlakh
“and she sent”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she sent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL
- clause
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vatishlach {וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח | vat-tiš-lāḥ} meaning “and she sent,” shifting the narrative focus to Jezebel.
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vatishlakh) 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W1.S1) and character.