1 Kings 14:21:81 Kgs.14.21.W8TAB
רְחַבְעָ֨ם
rekhavam
“Rehoboam”
- Transliteration
- re-kha-VAM
- Extended
- reh-khah-VAAM
- IPA
- /rəħa.vˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rehoboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
re-kha-VAM
- phraseyour reading level
ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-kha-VAM be-mal-KHO
- clause
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
- 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
consonantsResh–Chet–Bet
“to be wide, make broad”
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 14:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:21, so the Hebrew word רְחַבְעָ֨ם (rekhavam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.21.W8.S1) and character.