1 Kings 14:2:171 Kgs.14.2.W17TAB
הַנָּבִ֔יא
hanavi
“the prophet”
- Transliteration
- ha-na-VI
- Extended
- hah-nah-VEE
- IPA
- /hanːaːˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the prophet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-na-VI
- 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.’
Root and etymology
n-b-’
“to proclaim, announce”
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 14:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word הַנָּבִ֔יא (hanavi) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W17.S1) and character.