1 Kings 14:5:111 Kgs.14.5.W11TAB

אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙

elbena

concerning her son

Transliteration
el-be-NA
Extended
ehl-beh-NAA
IPA
/ʔɛl.bəˈnaːh/

Meaning by language

English
concerning her son

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + בְּ + נָהּ֙
el + be + na
elbena

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-be-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA

  3. clause

    va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha

  4. sentence

    va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA

Exegesis

The sequence baah lidrosh davar {בָּאָ֣ה לִדְרֹשׁ דָּבָ֨ר | bā’āh • liḏrôš • dāḇār} expresses purpose (‘coming to inquire a matter’) and is specified by meimmekha el-benah {מֵעִמְּךָ֤ אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ | mē‘imməḵā • ʾel-bə-nāh} ‘from you toward her son.’

In context1 Kings 14:5

The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, for he is ill; thus and thus you shall say to her. And it shall be, when she comes in, that she will disguise herself.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ (elbena) 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.14.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W11.S1) and character.