1 Kings 21:14:11 Kgs.21.14.W1TAB
וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ
vayishlekhu
“and they sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃləˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-le-KHU
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU el-I-ze-vel le-mor
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU el-I-ze-vel le-mor su-KAL na-VOT va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The narrative employs wayyīšləḥû {וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ | wayyīšləḥû} ‘and they sent’, using the vav-consecutive with a Qal imperfect to advance the action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–chet
“to send”
In context — 1 Kings 21:14
And they sent to Jezebel to say, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:14, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ (vayishlekhu) 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.21.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.14.W1.S1) and character.