1 Kings 14:21:21 Kgs.14.21.W2TAB
בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
benshelomo
“son of Solomon”
- Transliteration
- ben-she-lo-MO
- Extended
- behn-sheh-loh-MOH
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʃəloˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Solomon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-she-lo-MO
- clause
u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
u-re-kha-vam ben-she-lo-MO ma-LAKH bi-ye-hu-DA ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO u-sha-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT-akh
Exegesis
The verse opens with a wayyiqtol-style narrative link using û- {וּ | û} attached to the subject name rəḥaḇ-ʿām {רְחַבְעָם | rəḥaḇ-ʿām} ‘Rehoboam,’ then immediately grounds legitimacy through the construct relationship ben-šəlōmōh {בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹה | ben-šəlōmōh} ‘son of Solomon.’
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son”
In context — 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam , the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Forty-one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to set His Name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה (benshelomo) 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.14.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W2.S1) and character.