1 Kings 15:30:21 Kgs.15.30.W2TAB
יָרָבְעָם֙
yaravam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rahv-AM
- IPA
- /jaːrɔvˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jeroboam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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
ya-rav-AM
- phraseyour reading level
al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM
- clause
al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-TO-ot ya-rav-AM a-SHER kha-TA va-a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL be-kha-SO a-SHER hik-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The noun phrase khattot Yarovʾam {חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם | ḥaṭ-ṭō-ṯ yā-rō-ḇə-ʿām} ‘sins of Jeroboam’ is elaborated by two relative clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} ‘which’: first with khatā {חָטָא | ḥā-ṭāʾ} in the Qal perfect ‘he sinned’, then with heḥeṭîʾā {הֶחֱטִיא | heḥ-ḵǝ-ṭî-ʾāʾ} in the Hiphil perfect ‘he caused to sin’, highlighting both personal guilt and communal impact.
Root and etymology
r-b-‘resh–bet–ayin
“to contend”
In context — 1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam that he committed and that he caused Israel to commit, and because of the provocation with which he provoked the LORD God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 15:30, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָם֙ (yaravam) 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.15.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.30.W2.S1) and character.