1 Kings 20:33:41 Kgs.20.33.W4TAB
וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ
vayakhletu
“and they seized or took it firmly”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-le-TU
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-leh-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħ.ləˈtˤuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they seized or took it firmly
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-le-TU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-le-TU ha-mim-me-NU
- clause
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ye-na-kha-SHU va-ye-ma-ha-RU va-yakh-le-TU ha-mim-me-NU va-yo-me-RU a-KHI-kha ven-ha-DAD va-YO-mer BO-u ka-KHU-hu
- sentence
ve-ha-a-na-SHIM ye-na-kha-SHU va-ye-ma-ha-RU va-yakh-le-TU ha-mim-me-NU va-yo-me-RU a-KHI-kha ven-ha-DAD va-YO-mer BO-u ka-KHU-hu va-ye-TSE e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-ya-a-LE-hu al-ha-mer-ka-VA
Exegesis
This is followed by successive Piel verb sequences vayemaharu {וַֽיְמַהֲר֜וּ | wa-yĕ-ma-hă-rū} “they hastened” and vayachletu {וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ | wa-yaḥ-lĕ-tū} “they seized,” depicting a confident response.
In context — 1 Kings 20:33
And the men divined his intent and hastened and seized upon it, saying, “Your brother , Ben-Hadad.” Then the king said, “Come and take him.” So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and he brought him up into the chariot.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 20:33, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְלְט֣וּ (vayakhletu) 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.20.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.33.W4.S1) and character.