1 Kings 14:27:31 Kgs.14.27.W3TAB
רְחַבְעָם֙
rekhavaam
“Rehoboam”
- Transliteration
- re-kha-VA-am
- Extended
- reh-khah-VAA-ahm
- IPA
- /rəħaˈvʕaːm/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
re-kha-VA-am
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-TAM ma-gin-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The subject hammelekh Reḥav‘ām {הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ | hamméleḵ Reḥav‘ām} forms a definite nominal unit.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Chet–Bet
“to be wide, make broad”
In context — 1 Kings 14:27
And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and appointed them under the authority of the officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:27, so the Hebrew word רְחַבְעָם֙ (rekhavaam) 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.14.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.27.W3.S1) and character.