1 Kings 14:5:171 Kgs.14.5.W17TAB
אֵלֶ֑יהָ
eleha
“to her”
- Transliteration
- e-LE-ha
- Extended
- ee-LEH-hah
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlɛhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
te-dab-BER e-LE-ha
- 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
- 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 idiom kazoh vekazeh {כָּזֹ֥ה וְכָזֶ֖ה | kāzōh • wə-kāzēh} ‘thus and thus’ stands in for the specific response, leading to the directive tedabber eleha {תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יהָ | təḏabbēr • ʾêlēhā}.
In context — 1 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 14:5:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֑יהָ (eleha) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W17.S1) and character.