1 Kings 13:20:41 Kgs.13.20.W4TAB
אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן
elhashulkhan
“at the table”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-shul-KHAN
- Extended
- ehl-hah-shool-KHAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haʃ.ʃulˈħaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the table
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-shul-KHAN
- clause
va-ye-HI HEM yo-she-VIM el-ha-shul-KHAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM yo-she-VIM el-ha-shul-KHAN va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO
Exegesis
The Qal participle yoshvim {יֹשְׁבִ֖ים | yôšvîm} ‘sitting’ with the prepositional phrase el ha-shulchan {אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן | ʾel-haššulḥān} ‘at the table’ establishes the ongoing setting.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send, stretch out”
In context — 1 Kings 13:20
And it happened, as they were sitting at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֑ן (elhashulkhan) 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.13.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.20.W4.S1) and character.