1 Kings 20:19:71 Kgs.20.19.W7TAB
וְהַחַ֖יִל
vehakhayil
“and the army”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-YIL
- Extended
- veh-hah-khah-YIHL
- IPA
- /wəhaħaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-YIL
- clause
ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
- sentence
ve-E-leh ya-tse-U min-ha-IIR na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ve-ha-kha-YIL a-SHER a-kha-re-HEM
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-ha-chayil {וְהַחַיִל | wə-hă-ḥay-yîl} coordinates the secondary participant.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-lchet–yod–lamed
“strength, army”
In context — 1 Kings 20:19
And these went out from the city—the young men of the chiefs of the provinces and the army that followed them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:19, so the Hebrew word וְהַחַ֖יִל (vehakhayil) 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.20.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.19.W7.S1) and character.