1 Kings 13:20:71 Kgs.13.20.W7TAB
אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא
elhanavi
“to the prophet”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-na-VI
- Extended
- ehl-hah-nah-VEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.han.naːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the prophet
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-na-VI
- clause
va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-na-VI a-SHER he-shi-VO
- 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
A second vayhi {וַֽיְהִי֙ | wayyə́hî} shifts the focus to revelation: the construct expression davar YHWH {דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה | dəḇār Yəhōwāh} ‘word of the LORD’ serves as the main subject of prophecy, directed with el ha-navi {אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא | ʾel-hannāwîʾ} ‘to the prophet’.
Root and etymology
n-b-ʼnun–bet–aleph
“prophet”
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 13:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַנָּבִ֖יא (elhanavi) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.20.W7.S1) and character.