1 Kings 19:5:21 Kgs.19.5.W2TAB
וַיִּישַׁ֔ן
vayishan
“and he slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SHAN
- Extended
- vah-yee-SHAHN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiːˈʃan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he slept
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-SHAN
- clause
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD ve-hin-NE-ze mal-AKH no-GE-a BO va-YO-mer LO KUM e-KHOL
Exegesis
The narrative uses a vav-consecutive sequence with wayyishkab {וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ | wayyiškab} ‘and he lay down’ and wayyishan {וַיִּישַׁן | wayyišan} ‘and he slept’ to signal sequential actions.
In context — 1 Kings 19:5
He lay down beneath a broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Arise and eat.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּישַׁ֔ן (vayishan) 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.19.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.5.W2.S1) and character.