1 Kings 15:3:91 Kgs.15.3.W9TAB

עִם־יְהוָ֣ה

imyehovah

with the LORD

Transliteration
im-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
ihm-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/ʕim.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
with the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עִם + יְ + ה + וָ֣ה
im + ye + ho + vah
imyehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    im-ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV

  3. clause

    ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV

  4. sentence

    va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-sher-a-SA le-fa-NAV ve-lo-ha-YA le-va-VO sha-LEM im-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV kil-VAV da-VID a-VIV

Exegesis

In the negative copular clause wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw {וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה לְבָב֤וֹ שָׁלֵם֙ עִם־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו | wə-lō-hā-yāh lə-ḇā-ḇōw šā-lēm ’im-yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hāw} ‘and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God’ the adjective šā-lēm conveys a contrastive lack of complete devotion.

Root and etymology

heh–yod–hehheh–yod–heh

to be, exist

In context1 Kings 15:3

He kept to all the sins his father had practiced before him, and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God , unlike the heart of David his father.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 15:3, so the Hebrew word עִם־יְהוָ֣ה (imyehovah) 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.15.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.3.W9.S1) and character.