1 Kings 19:3:21 Kgs.19.3.W2TAB
וַיָּ֙קָם֙
vayakam
“and he arose”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-kam
- Extended
- vah-YAA-kam
- IPA
- /vajˈjaːqam/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he arose
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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' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-kam
- clause
va-YAR-e va-YA-kam va-YE-lekh el-naf-SHO va-ya-BO be-ER SHE-va a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YAR-e va-YA-kam va-YE-lekh el-naf-SHO va-ya-BO be-ER SHE-va a-SHER li-ye-hu-DA va-yan-NAKH et-na-a-RO SHAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a chain of five vav-consecutive verbs to convey immediacy: vayar {וַיַּ֗רְא | way·yā́r} “he saw (became alarmed)”, vayakam {וַיָּ֙קָם֙ | way·yā·qām} “he arose (in haste)”, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | way·yē·leḵ} “he went/fled”, vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֕א | way·yā·bō} “he came”, and vayanach {וַיַּנַּ֥ח | way·yan·naḥ} “he caused to rest”.
In context — 1 Kings 19:3
When he saw this, he became afraid, and he rose and fled for his life ; he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 19:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (vayakam) 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.19.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.3.W2.S1) and character.