1 Kings 14:6:151 Kgs.14.6.W15TAB
מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה
mitnakera
“are disguising yourself or making yourself unrecognizable”
- Transliteration
- mit-na-KE-ra
- Extended
- miht-nah-KEH-rah
- IPA
- /mit.na.keːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are disguising yourself or making yourself unrecognizable
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
la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-MO-a a-khi-YA-hu et-KOL rag-le-HA ba-A ba-PE-takh va-yo-MER BO-i E-shet ya-rav-AM la-MA ZE AT mit-na-KE-ra ve-a-NO-khi sha-LU-akh e-la-YIKH ka-SHA
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle mitnakkerah {מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה | mitnakkērā́h} conveys her assumed disguise, while veanokhi shaluach {וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ | və’ānóḵî šālûaḥ} denotes mission and tone, concluding with kasheh {קָשָֽׁה | qāšā́} to signal severity of the message.
Root and etymology
n-k-rn-k-r
“to estrange oneself, feign ignorance”
In context — 1 Kings 14:6
And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming at the entrance , he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you disguising yourself? I have been sent to you with a harsh message.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה (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.14.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.6.W15.S1) and character.