1 Kings 19:8:21 Kgs.19.8.W2TAB
וַיֹּ֣אכַל
vayokhal
“and he ate”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-khal
- Extended
- vah-YOH-khahl
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.χal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-YO-khal
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-khal va-yish-TE
- clause
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
The narrative begins with a series of vav consecutive imperfect verbs: vayakam {וַיָּ֖קָם | wə-yā-qām} ‘and he arose’, vayokhal {וַיֹּ֣אכַל | wə-yōʾə-khal} ‘and he ate’, vayishteh {וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה | wə-yish-tēh} ‘and he drank’, and vayelekh {וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ | wə-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, which sets a rapid action sequence.
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אכַל (vayokhal) 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.19.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W2.S1) and character.