1 Kings 20:29:11 Kgs.20.29.W1TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-NUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they camped
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ya-kha-NU E-le NO-khakh-E-le shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-tik-RAV ha-mil-kha-MA va-yak-KU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL et-a-RAM me-A-e-LEF rag-LI be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive verbs (wayyaḥănnû {וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ | wayyaḥănnû} ‘and they encamped’; wayhî {וַיְהִ֣י | wayhî} ‘and it happened’; wattaqrav {וַתִּקְרַב֙ | wattaqrav} ‘and it came near’; wayyaqqû {וַיַּכּ֨וּ | wayyaqqû} ‘and they struck’), creating rapid narrative motion characteristic of Hebrew storytelling.
In context — 1 Kings 20:29
And these encamped opposite one another for seven days, and it happened on the seventh day that the battle drew near, and the sons of Israel struck down Aram one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:29, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ (vayakhanu) 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.20.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.29.W1.S1) and character.