1 Kings 22:23:101 Kgs.22.23.W10TAB
וַֽיהוָ֔ה
vayehovah
“and the LORD”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /vajəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the LORD
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH di-BER a-LE-kha ra-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-NE na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH RU-akh SHE-ker be-FI KOL-ne-vi-E-kha E-le va-ye-ho-VAH di-BER a-LE-kha ra-A
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive clause vayahweh diber alekha raah {וַיהוָה דִּבֶּר עָלֶיךָ רָעָה | wa-yhō-wāh dib-ber ʿā-le-ḵā rā-ʿāh} presents the judicial verdict: the Piel perfect ‘has spoken’ conveys authoritative declaration, and raah ‘evil/disaster’ functions as the pronouncement of judgment. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew sequence of divine causation followed by pronouncement.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-h
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 22:23
And now, behold, the LORD has placed a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the LORD has declared disaster against you.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 22:23, so the Hebrew word וַֽיהוָ֔ה (vayehovah) 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.22.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.23.W10.S1) and character.