1 Kings 14:1:31 Kgs.14.1.W3TAB
חָלָ֖ה
khala
“he became sick or he was ill”
- Transliteration
- kha-LA
- Extended
- khaa-LAA
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he became sick or he was ill
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LA
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI kha-LA a-vi-YA ven-ya-ra-ve-AM
Exegesis
The verb chalah {חָלָה | ḥā-lāh} in the Qal perfect conveys a completed action of illness.
Root and etymology
ḥ-l-hḥet–lamed–heh
“to be weak, grow ill”
In context — 1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abijah , the son of Jeroboam , became ill.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:1, so the Hebrew word חָלָ֖ה (khala) 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.14.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.1.W3.S1) and character.