1 Kings 14:2:161 Kgs.14.2.W16TAB
אֲחִיָּ֣ה
akhiya
“Ahijah”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-YA
- Extended
- ah-khih-YAA
- IPA
- /ʔă.ħijˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khi-YA
- phraseyour reading level
a-khi-YA ha-na-VI
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The compound demonstrative hineh-sham {הִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ | hinnêh-šām} ‘behold there’ signals location, introducing achiya hanavi {אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא | ’ăḥiyyā hannāḇî’} ‘Ahijah the prophet.’
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 14:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word אֲחִיָּ֣ה (akhiya) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W16.S1) and character.