1 Kings 13:21:21 Kgs.13.21.W2TAB
אֶל־אִ֣ישׁ
elish
“to the man of”
- Transliteration
- el-ISH
- Extended
- ehl-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ʼîš ha-ʼElohim {אֶל־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾel-ʾîš hā-ʾĕlōhîm} identifies the recipient.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 1 Kings 13:21
And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אִ֣ישׁ (elish) 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.13.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W2.S1) and character.