1 Kings 14:29:31 Kgs.14.29.W3TAB
רְחַבְעָ֖ם
rekhavaam
“Rehoboam”
- Transliteration
- re-kha-va-AM
- Extended
- reh-khah-vah-AAM
- IPA
- /rə.ħa.vaˈʕaːm/
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
div-RE re-kha-va-AM
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE re-kha-va-AM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE re-kha-va-AM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct divrei Rechav'am {דִּבְרֵי רְחַבְעָם | dǝ-vrê rə-ḥa-v̱a-ʿǎm} ‘acts of Rehoboam’ is qualified by the relative vechol asher asah {וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה | wə-kâl ʾǎ-šer ʿā-śǎh} specifying all that he did.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Chet–Bet
“to be wide, make broad”
In context — 1 Kings 14:29
Now the remainder of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:29, so the Hebrew word רְחַבְעָ֖ם (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.14.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.29.W3.S1) and character.