1 Kings 13:29:41 Kgs.13.29.W4TAB
אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים
ishhaelohim
“the man of God”
- Transliteration
- ish-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- ihsh-hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.haʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-ha-e-lo-HIM
- 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
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
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 13:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:29, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים (ishhaelohim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.29.W4.S1) and character.