1 Kings 14:15:191 Kgs.14.15.W19TAB
לַנָּהָ֑ר
lanahar
“to the river”
- Transliteration
- la-na-HAR
- Extended
- lah-nah-HAAR
- IPA
- /lan.naːˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the river
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-na-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
me-E-ver la-na-HAR
- clause
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR
- sentence
ve-hik-KA Ye-ho-VAH et-yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER ya-NUD ha-ka-NE ba-ma-YIM ve-na-TASH et-yis-ra-EL me-AL ha-a-da-MA ha-to-VA ha-ZOT a-SHER na-TAN la-a-vo-te-HEM ve-ze-RAM me-E-ver la-na-HAR ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et-a-she-re-HEM ma-khe-i-SIM et-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The exile idiom mē‘ēḇer lannāhār {מֵעֵבֶר לַנָּהָר | mē‘ēḇer la-nnāhār} indicates removal across a geographic boundary.
In context — 1 Kings 14:15
And the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. And He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the river, because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:15:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 14:15, so the Hebrew word לַנָּהָ֑ר (lanahar) 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.14.15.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.15.W19.S1) and character.