1 Kings 15:1:51 Kgs.15.1.W5TAB
יָרָבְעָ֣ם
yaravaam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-ra-VA-am
- Extended
- yaa-raa-VAH-ahm
- IPA
- /jaː.raː.vəˈʕaːm/
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ya-ra-VA-am
- phraseyour reading level
ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- clause
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT
- sentence
u-vi-SHEN-at she-mo-NE e-se-RE lam-ME-lekh ya-ra-VA-am ben-ne-VAT ma-LAKH a-vi-YAM al-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct chain lamelekh {לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | lam·me·leḵ} ‘to the king’ + Yārōḇ‘ā́m {יָרָבְעָ֣ם | yā·rā·wā·ʿam} + ben {בֶּן־ | ben} + Nēvāṭ {נְבָ֑ט | nə·vā·ṭ} establishes the regnal designation.
Root and etymology
r-b-‘resh–bet–ayin
“to contend”
In context — 1 Kings 15:1
And in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam took the kingship over Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 15:1, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֣ם (yaravaam) 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.15.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.1.W5.S1) and character.