1 Kings 20:43:51 Kgs.20.43.W5TAB
וְזָעֵ֑ף
vezaef
“and sullen or vexed”
- Transliteration
- ve-za-EF
- Extended
- veh-zaa-EHF
- IPA
- /vəzɔːˈʕeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sullen or vexed
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-za-EF
- phraseyour reading level
SAR ve-za-EF
- clause
va-YE-lekh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF
- sentence
va-YE-lekh ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL al-BE-to SAR ve-za-EF va-ya-BO sho-me-RO-na
Exegesis
The coordinated adjectives sār {סַ֣ר | sār} ‘sullen’ and wəza‘ēp̄ {וְזָעֵ֑ף | wəza‘ēp̄} ‘and angry’ form a dual emotional description.
Root and etymology
Rootz-‘-p
“to be angry, fury”
In context — 1 Kings 20:43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry , and he came to Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:43, so the Hebrew word וְזָעֵ֑ף (vezaef) 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.20.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.43.W5.S1) and character.