1 Chronicles 15:23:21 Chr.15.23.W2TAB
וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה
veelkana
“and Elkanah”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-ka-NA
- Extended
- veh-ehl-kah-NAA
- IPA
- /vɛʔɛlqaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Elkanah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-el-ka-NA
- sentence
u-ve-re-KHYA ve-el-ka-NA sho-a-rim la-AR-on
Exegesis
The verse is a verbless clause: two coordinated names (uverekhyah {וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ | ûvereḵîyāh} and veelqanah {וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה | wəʾelqānāh}) are followed by the plural participle shoarim {שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים | šōʿărîm} ‘gatekeeping,’ which functions predicatively to state their official duty; English supplies an implied copula (“were/served as”). Although only two individuals are named, the plural participle frames them as members of a recognized group of attendants assigned to guard access.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה (veelkana) 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.15.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.23.W2.S1) and character.