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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ya-ra-VA-am
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.