1 Chronicles 15:23:41 Chr.15.23.W4TAB
לָאָרֽוֹן׃
laaron
“for the ark”
- Transliteration
- la-AR-on
- Extended
- laa-AHR-ohn
- IPA
- /laːʔaˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the ark
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-AR-on
- sentence
u-ve-re-KHYA ve-el-ka-NA sho-a-rim la-AR-on
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase laaron {לָאָרֽוֹן | lāʾārôn} ‘for the ark’ uses lamed to mark responsibility/assignment, specifying the object of their watch.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Resh–Nun
“chest”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 15:23, so the Hebrew word לָאָרֽוֹן׃ (laaron) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.23.W4.S1) and character.