1 Chronicles 16:5:151 Chr.16.5.W15TAB

נְבָלִים֙

nevalim

harps

Transliteration
ne-va-LIM
Extended
neh-vaa-LEEM
IPA
/nə.vaːˈliːm/

Meaning by language

English
harps

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Result
נְ + בָ + לִים֙
ne + va + lim
nevalim

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-va-LIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bikh-LE ne-va-LIM

  3. clause

    ye-i-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL u-mat-tit-YA ve-e-li-AV u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-EL bikh-LE ne-va-LIM u-ve-khin-no-ROT ve-a-SAF bam-tsil-ta-YIM mash-mi-A

  4. sentence

    a-SAF ha-ROSH u-mish-ne-HU ze-khar-YA ye-i-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL u-mat-tit-YA ve-e-li-AV u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-EL bikh-LE ne-va-LIM u-ve-khin-no-ROT ve-a-SAF bam-tsil-ta-YIM mash-mi-A

Root and etymology

n-b-lnun–bet–lamed

lyre, harp

In context1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief , and his second was Zechariah; Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel played the lyres and the harps, and Asaph sounded the cymbals .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 16:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 16:5, so the Hebrew word נְבָלִים֙ (nevalim) 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.16.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.5.W15.S1) and character.