1 Kings 14:13:101 Kgs.14.13.W10TAB
יַ֣עַן
yaan
“because”
- Transliteration
- YA-an
- Extended
- YA-ahn
- IPA
- /ˈjaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YA-an
- phraseyour reading level
YA-an nim-tsa-VO
- clause
YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
- sentence
ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
The causal connector ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw {יַעַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָר ט֗וֹב | ya-ʽăn nim-ṣāʾ-bō dā-ḇār ṭōw} introduces divine evaluation “because there was found in him a good thing.”
In context — 1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s will come to the grave , because in him was found something good before the LORD , the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 14:13, so the Hebrew word יַ֣עַן (yaan) 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.14.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.13.W10.S1) and character.