1 Kings 19:9:31 Kgs.19.9.W3TAB
וַיָּ֣לֶן
vayalen
“and he lodged”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-LEN
- Extended
- vah-yah-LEN
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈlɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lodged
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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' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-LEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-LEN SHAM
- clause
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-SHAM el-ha-me-a-RA va-ya-LEN SHAM ve-hin-NE de-var-ye-ho-VAH e-LAV va-yo-MER LO ma-le-KHA PO e-li-YA-hu
Exegesis
Vayalen {וַיָּלֶן | wayyālen} ‘and he lodged’ maintains the chain of vav-consecutive verbs, and sham {שָׁם | šam} ‘there’ reinforces the locative frame.
Root and etymology
y-l-n
“to spend the night”
In context — 1 Kings 19:9
He went there to a cave and spent the night. Then the word of the LORD came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣לֶן (vayalen) 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.19.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.9.W3.S1) and character.