1 Kings 14:5:191 Kgs.14.5.W19TAB
כְבֹאָ֔הּ
khevoa
“when she came”
- Transliteration
- khe-vo-A
- Extended
- kheh-voh-AA
- IPA
- /xəvoːˈʔaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- when she came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khe-vo-A
- phraseyour reading level
vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A
- clause
vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA
- 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 closing clause vayhi kevoah vehi mitnakkerah {וִיהִ֣י כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה | wîhî • kə̆ḇōʼāh • wə-hîʼ • mitnakkērāh} links her entrance with intentional self-disguise via the hitpael stem.
Root and etymology
b-w-’bet–vav–aleph
“to come, enter”
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 14:5:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word כְבֹאָ֔הּ (khevoa) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W19.S1) and character.