1 Kings 20:37:11 Kgs.20.37.W1TAB
וַיִּמְצָא֙
vayimtsa
“and he found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-TSA
- Extended
- vah-yihm-TSAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he found
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-TSA
- clause
va-yim-TSA ISH a-KHER va-yo-MER ha-KEI-ni NA
- sentence
va-yim-TSA ISH a-KHER va-yo-MER ha-KEI-ni NA va-ya-KE-hu ha-ISH ha-KE u-fa-TSO-a
Exegesis
The narrative sequence uses vav-consecutive verbs, chaining vayimtza {וַיִּמְצָא | wayyiṣṣāʾ} ‘and he found’, vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, and vayakehu {וַיַּכֵּהוּ | wayyakkēhû} ‘and he struck him’.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–ṣade–aleph
“to find”
In context — 1 Kings 20:37
And he found another man, and he said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him—striking and wounding him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:37, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמְצָא֙ (vayimtsa) 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.20.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.37.W1.S1) and character.