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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-MO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.