1 Kings 20:11:11 Kgs.20.11.W1TAB
וַיַּ֤עַן
vayaan
“and he answered”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-an
- Extended
- vah-YA-aahn
- IPA
- /vajˈja.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he answered
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-an
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YA-an ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer da-be-RU al-yit-ha-LEL kho-GER kim-fa-TE-akh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive formula way·ya·ʿan {וַיַּ֤עַן | way·ya·ʿan} ‘and he answered’ followed by way·yō·mer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer} ‘and he said’, introducing the royal directive.
In context — 1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, “Say, ‘Let not the one who girds on boast like the one who loosens it .’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַן (vayaan) 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.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.11.W1.S1) and character.