1 Kings 22:24:11 Kgs.22.24.W1TAB
וַיִּגַּ֙שׁ
vayiggash
“and he came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GASH
- IPA
- /vaj.jigˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he came near
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- clause
va-yig-GASH tsid-ki-YA-hu BEN-ke-na-a-NA va-yak-KE et-mi-kha-YE-hu al-hal-LE-khi
- sentence
va-yig-GASH tsid-ki-YA-hu BEN-ke-na-a-NA va-yak-KE et-mi-kha-YE-hu al-hal-LE-khi va-yo-MER EI-ZE a-VAR RU-akh-ye-ho-VAH me-it-TI le-dab-BER o-TAKH
Exegesis
The narrative sequence is driven by the vav consecutive Qal forms: vayiggash {וַיִּגַּשׁ | wayyiġaš} ‘and he approached’ opens the action followed immediately by vayyakeh {וַיַּכֶּה | wayyaqqeh} ‘and he struck,’ creating a rapid succession typical of Hebrew storytelling.
In context — 1 Kings 22:24
Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek , and he said, “Which way did the spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak with you?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 22:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֙שׁ (vayiggash) 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.22.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.24.W1.S1) and character.