1 Kings 13:31:181 Kgs.13.31.W18TAB
עַצְמֹתָ֔יו
atsmotav
“his bones”
- Transliteration
- a-tsmo-TAV
- Extended
- ah-tsmoh-TAAV
- IPA
- /ʕatsmoːˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- his bones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-tsmo-TAV
- clause
E-tsel a-tsmo-TAV ha-NI-khu et-a-tsmo-TAI
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE ka-ve-RO o-TO va-yo-MER el-ba-NAIV le-MOR be-mo-TI u-ke-var-TEM o-TI ba-KE-ver a-SHER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM ka-VUR BO E-tsel a-tsmo-TAV ha-NI-khu et-a-tsmo-TAI
Exegesis
The final imperative hanichu {הַנִּיחוּ | hannîḥû} ‘lay’ plus the locative etsel atsmotav {אֵצֶל עַצְמֹתָיו | ʾētsel ʿaṣmôtāw} ‘beside his bones’ and direct object et atsmotai {אֵת עַצְמֹתַי | ʾēṯ ʿaṣmôtay} ‘my bones’ creates a forceful closing. English rendering preserves Hebrew clause order and imperative force to maintain theological and literary impact.
In context — 1 Kings 13:31
And it happened after he had buried him that he said to his sons, “When I die, you shall bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:31:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Kings 13:31, so the Hebrew word עַצְמֹתָ֔יו (atsmotav) 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.13.31.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.31.W18.S1) and character.