1 Kings 14:29:81 Kgs.14.29.W8TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on book of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- 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 passive participle ketuvim {כְתוּבִים | kᵉ-tû-wîm} ‘written’ with the preposition al {עַל־ | ʿal} forms a passive result clause, leading into the construct sefer divrei hayamim {סֵפֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים | sê-fer dǝ-vrê ha-yyā-mîm} ‘book of the words of days’ denoting the royal annals.
Root and etymology
s-p-rs p r
“to count, record”
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 14:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 14:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (alsefer) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.29.W8.S1) and character.