1 Kings 15:7:81 Kgs.15.7.W8TAB
עַל־סֵ֛פֶר
alsefer
“on or in the book of”
- Transliteration
- al-SE-fer
- Extended
- ahl-SEH-fehr
- IPA
- /ʕalˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- on or in the book of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-SE-fer
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE a-vi-YAM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mil-kha-MA ha-ye-TA BEN a-vi-YAM u-VEN ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
The passive participle ketuvim {כְּתוּבִים | kə-tu-wə-vīm} ‘written’, with its governing phrase al sefer divrei hayamim le-malkhê Yehudah {עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה | ʿal-sē-fer dib-rē ha-yā-mîm lə-malkhê yə-hū-dāh}, denotes the official chronicle source.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“to count; to recount”
In context — 1 Kings 15:7
As for the remaining words of Abijam and everything he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? War also took place between Abijam and Jeroboam.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 15:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־סֵ֛פֶר (alsefer) 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.15.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.7.W8.S1) and character.