1 Kings 13:30:71 Kgs.13.30.W7TAB
אָחִֽי׃
akhi
“my brother”
- Transliteration
- a-KHI
- Extended
- aa-KHEE
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my brother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
HOI a-KHI
- clause
va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV HOI a-KHI
- sentence
va-ya-NAKH et-niv-la-TO be-kiv-RO va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV HOI a-KHI
Exegesis
The interjection hōy {הוֹי | hōy} expresses lament, followed by ʾāḥî {אָחִי | ʾāḥî} ‘my brother’ as a vocative. The compact Hebrew sequence—burial, setting, group response, emotional outcry—is mirrored in the English through parallel clauses to preserve narrative flow.
Root and etymology
ʾ–ḥaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — 1 Kings 13:30
And he laid his corpse in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas , my brother !”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 13:30, so the Hebrew word אָחִֽי׃ (akhi) 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.13.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.30.W7.S1) and character.