1 Kings 19:21:131 Kgs.19.21.W13TAB
וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ
vayokhelu
“and they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-KHE-lu
- Extended
- vah-yoh-KHEE-loo
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈχeː.luː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-KHE-lu
- clause
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV me-a-kha-RAV va-yik-KAKH et-TSE-med ha-ba-KAR va-yiz-ba-KHE-hu u-vikh-LI ha-ba-KAR bish-she-LAM ha-ba-SAR va-yit-TEN la-AM va-yo-KHE-lu va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-ye-sha-re-TE-hu
In context — 1 Kings 19:21
So he returned from following him, took a team of oxen , and sacrificed them. With the oxen’s equipment he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he rose, followed Elijah , and ministered to him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 19:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ (vayokhelu) 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.19.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.21.W13.S1) and character.