1 Kings 13:29:31 Kgs.13.29.W3TAB
אֶת־נִבְלַ֧ת
etnivlat
“the corpse of”
- Transliteration
- et-niv-LAT
- Extended
- eht-nihv-LAHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.nivˈlat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the corpse of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-niv-LAT
- phraseyour reading level
et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu
- sentence
va-yis-SA han-na-VI et-niv-LAT ish-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu el-ha-kha-MOR va-ye-shi-VE-hu va-ya-VO el-IR han-na-VI haz-za-KEN lis-POD u-le-kav-RO
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ’eṯ} introduces nivlat {נִבְלַת | nivlāṯ} ‘corpse’, which forms a construct chain with ish-haElohim {אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים | ’îš-hā-’ĕlōhîm} ‘man of God’. Hiphil stems (vayanichehu, vayeshivehu) convey causative action of placement and return.
Root and etymology
n-b-lnun–bet–lamed
“to die, decay”
In context — 1 Kings 13:29
And the prophet lifted the body of the man of God and placed it upon the donkey. Then he brought him back and came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:29, so the Hebrew word אֶת־נִבְלַ֧ת (etnivlat) 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.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.29.W3.S1) and character.