1 Kings 21:27:81 Kgs.21.27.W8TAB
וַיָּֽשֶׂם־שַׂ֥ק
vayasemsak
“and he put sackcloth”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SEM-sak
- Extended
- vah-yah-SEHM-sahk
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈsɛm.saːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he put sackcloth
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SEM-sak
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO
- clause
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verbs—vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | vay-ik-ˈraʿ}, vayasem-sak {וַיָּשֶׂם־שַׂק | va-ya-ˈsem-sak}, vayatsom {וַיַּצֹם | va-ˈya-ṭsom}, vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | va-yish-ˈkav}, vayehalekh {וַיִּהַלֵּךְ | va-ye-ha-ˈlekh}—enumerates each gesture of mourning in a cumulative pattern.
Root and etymology
ש־ק
“sack, coarse cloth”
In context — 1 Kings 21:27
And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his garments and put on sackcloth upon his flesh, and he fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around slowly.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 21:27, so the Hebrew word וַיָּֽשֶׂם־שַׂ֥ק (vayasemsak) 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.21.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.27.W8.S1) and character.