1 Kings 20:22:11 Kgs.20.22.W1TAB
וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ
vayiggash
“and he came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yig-GAHSH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈɣaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came near
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI
- clause
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER LO LEKH hit-kha-ZAK ve-DA u-re-E ET a-sheR-ta-a-SE
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER LO LEKH hit-kha-ZAK ve-DA u-re-E ET a-sheR-ta-a-SE KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive wayyiqqaš {וַיִּגַּשׁ | wayyiqqaš} ‘and he approached’, establishing a sequence of events.
In context — 1 Kings 20:22
And the prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself , and be attentive to what you should do, for at the turning of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ (vayiggash) 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.20.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.22.W1.S1) and character.