1 Kings 15:13:31 Kgs.15.13.W3TAB

אִמּ֗וֹ

imo

his mother

Transliteration
i-MO
Extended
ih-MOH
IPA
/ʔimˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
his mother

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Result
אִ + מּ֗וֹ
i + mo
imo

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-MO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO

  3. clause

    ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA

  4. sentence

    ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON

Exegesis

The construct imo {אִמּוֹ | ʾim-mō} ‘his mother’ specifies her familial role, and the prepositional phrase migvirah {מִגְּבִירָה | mig-vi-rāh} ‘queen mother’ denotes her courtly title.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–mem

mother

In context1 Kings 15:13

He also removed his mother Maakah from being queen mother because she had made an abomination for Asherah. Then Asa cut down that abomination and burned it at the brook Kidron.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:13, so the Hebrew word אִמּ֗וֹ (imo) 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.15.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.13.W3.S1) and character.