1 Kings 15:4:81 Kgs.15.4.W8TAB
נִ֖יר
nir
“a lamp”
- Transliteration
- NIR
- Extended
- NEER
- IPA
- /ˈniːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lamp
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
NIR
- clause
KI le-MA-an da-VID na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HA-v LO NIR bi-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
KI le-MA-an da-VID na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HA-v LO NIR bi-ru-sha-LA-yim le-ha-KIM ET-be-NO a-kha-RAV u-le-ha-mi-ID ET-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The noun nir {נִיר | nîr} ‘lamp’ functions metaphorically for dynastic continuity, placed birushalayim {בִּירוּשָׁלִָם | bi-rû-ša-lā-yim} ‘in Jerusalem.’
Root and etymology
n-y-rnun–yod–resh
“lamp, light”
In context — 1 Kings 15:4
Yet for the sake of David, the LORD his God granted him a lamp in Jerusalem, raising up his son after him and keeping Jerusalem established.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:4, so the Hebrew word נִ֖יר (nir) 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.15.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.4.W8.S1) and character.