1 Kings 14:5:61 Kgs.14.5.W6TAB
יָרָבְעָ֡ם
yaravam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rahv-AM
- IPA
- /jaːrɔvˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jeroboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-rav-AM
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM
- 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 interjection hinneh {הִנֵּ֣ה | hinnēh} signals attention to an approaching event, naming eshet Yarov'am {אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֡ם | ʾēšeṯ • yāraḇʻām} as subject.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-bet-ʻayin
“the people increase”
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 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֡ם (yaravam) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W6.S1) and character.