1 Kings 13:28:121 Kgs.13.28.W12TAB
הָֽאַרְיֵה֙
haarye
“the lion”
- Transliteration
- ha-ar-YE
- Extended
- haa-ar-YEH
- IPA
- /haːʔarˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ar-YE
- phraseyour reading level
lo-a-KHAL ha-ar-YE
- clause
lo-a-KHAL ha-ar-YE et-ha-ne-ve-LA ve-LO sha-VAR et-ha-kha-MOR
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-yim-TSA et-niv-la-TO mush-LE-khet ba-DER-ekh va-kha-MOR ve-ha-ar-YE ohm-DIM EH-tsel ha-ne-ve-LA lo-a-KHAL ha-ar-YE et-ha-ne-ve-LA ve-LO sha-VAR et-ha-kha-MOR
Exegesis
The coordinated subjects wa-ḥămor wə-hā-ʾaryeh {וֽ͏ַחֲמוֹר וְהָ֣אַרְיֵ֔ה | wa-ḥămor wə-hā-ʾaryeh} ‘and a donkey and the lion’ followed by the participle ʿōmḏîm {עֹמְדִ֖ים | ʿōmḏîm} ‘standing’ creates a striking descriptive scene.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-yaleph–resh–yod
“lion”
In context — 1 Kings 13:28
And he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse, nor had he mauled the donkey.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:28, so the Hebrew word הָֽאַרְיֵה֙ (haarye) 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.13.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.28.W12.S1) and character.