1 Chronicles 15:18:101 Chr.15.18.W10TAB

אֱלִיאָ֡ב

eliav

Eliab

Transliteration
e-li-AV
Extended
eh-lee-AAV
IPA
/ʔɛliˈʔaːv/

Meaning by language

English
Eliab

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֱ + לִי + אָ֡ב
e + li + av
eliav

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-li-AV

  2. clause

    ze-khar-ya-HU BEN ve-ya-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI e-li-AV u-ve-na-ya-HU u-ma-a-se-ya-HU u-ma-tit-ya-HU ve-e-lif-le-HU u-mik-ne-ya-HU ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-i-EL ha-sho-a-RIM

  3. sentence

    ve-im-MA-hem a-khe-HEM ha-mish-ne-NIM ze-khar-ya-HU BEN ve-ya-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI e-li-AV u-ve-na-ya-HU u-ma-a-se-ya-HU u-ma-tit-ya-HU ve-e-lif-le-HU u-mik-ne-ya-HU ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-i-EL ha-sho-a-RIM

Exegesis

What follows is a long paratactic roster: names are mostly linked by coordinating conjunctions (waw), but the occasional asyndeton (for example, eliab {אֱלִיאָב | ʾĕ·lî·ʾāḇ} without a preceding conjunction) is normal in Hebrew list style and does not signal a new clause.

In context1 Chronicles 15:18

And with them were their brothers, the second rank : Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 15:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Chronicles 15:18, so the Hebrew word אֱלִיאָ֡ב (eliav) 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 Chr.15.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.18.W10.S1) and character.