1 Kings 14:5:211 Kgs.14.5.W21TAB
מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃
mitnakera
“was disguising herself or making herself unrecognized”
- Transliteration
- mit-na-ke-RA
- Extended
- miht-nah-keh-RAA
- IPA
- /mit.na.keːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was disguising herself or making herself unrecognized
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-na-ke-RA
- 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
n-k-rnun–kaph–resh
“to disguise”
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 14:5:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃ (mitnakera) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W21.S1) and character.