1 Kings 14:2:121 Kgs.14.2.W12TAB
יָרָבְעָ֑ם
yaravam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rahv-AM
- IPA
- /jaː.ra.vəˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jeroboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-rav-AM
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet ya-rav-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE
Root and etymology
Rootresh-bet-ʻayin
“the people increase”
In context — 1 Kings 14:2
And Jeroboam said to his wife , “Arise, please, and disguise yourself , so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there—he spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֑ם (yaravam) 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.14.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W12.S1) and character.