1 Kings 22:11:11 Kgs.22.11.W1TAB
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ
vayaas
“and he made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-yah-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕaś/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made
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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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS LO
- clause
va-ya-AS LO tsid-ki-YA ben-ke-na-A-na
- sentence
va-ya-AS LO tsid-ki-YA ben-ke-na-A-na kar-NEI bar-ZEL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH be-E-le te-nag-AKH et-a-RAM ad-ka-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vayya‘as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wa-ya-‘as} ‘and he made’, advancing the story by highlighting Zedekiah’s action.
In context — 1 Kings 22:11
And Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘With these you will gore Aram until their destruction.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 22:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.22.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.11.W1.S1) and character.