1 Kings 15:6:51 Kgs.15.6.W5TAB
יָרָבְעָ֖ם
yaraveam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-ra-ve-AM
- Extended
- yaa-raa-veh-AAM
- IPA
- /jaː.raː.vəˈʕaːm/
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 | 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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Word in context
- word
ya-ra-ve-AM
- phraseyour reading level
u-VEN ya-ra-ve-AM
- sentence
u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA ben-re-kha-VAM u-VEN ya-ra-ve-AM kol-ye-ME kha-YAV
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, bein {בֵין־ | bēn-} Reḥav‘am {רְחַבְעָ֛ם | re-ḥăv-‘ām} and ū-bēn {וּבֵ֥ין | ū-bēn} Yarov‘am {יָרָבְעָ֖ם | yā-răv-‘ām}, mark the adversarial relationship between the two kings.
Root and etymology
r-b-‘resh–bet–ayin
“to contend”
In context — 1 Kings 15:6
And war persisted between Rehoboam and Jeroboam for the whole of his lifetime .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 15:6, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֖ם (yaraveam) 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.15.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.6.W5.S1) and character.