1 Kings 15:29:81 Kgs.15.29.W8TAB

לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם

leyaravaam

for Jeroboam

Transliteration
le-ya-ra-VA-am
Extended
leh-yaa-raa-VAH-am
IPA
/ləjaːraːvˈʕaːm/

Meaning by language

English
for Jeroboam

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + יָ + רָ + בְ + עָ֖ם
le + ya + ra + va + am
leyaravaam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    le-ya-ra-VA-am

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI

Exegesis

That verb governs the object phrase et kol beit yarav’am {אֶת־כָּל־בֵּית יָרָבְעָם | ʾeṯ-kāl-bêṯ-yā-rāḇə-ʿām}, emphasizing total judgment on Jeroboam’s household.

Root and etymology

r-b-‘resh–bet–ayin

to contend

In context1 Kings 15:29

As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם (leyaravaam) 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.15.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W8.S1) and character.