1 Kings 16:13:11 Kgs.16.13.W1TAB
אֶ֚ל
el
“for or toward”
- Transliteration
- EL
- Extended
- EHL
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- for or toward
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EL
- clause
EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO
- sentence
EL kol-kha-to-OT ba-a-SHA ve-kha-to-OT e-LA ve-NO a-SHER kha-te-U va-a-SHER he-khe-ti-U et-yis-ra-EL le-hak-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the causal preposition el kol-chatto’ot {אֶל כָּל־חַטֹּאות | ʾel kol-ḥaṭ-ṭō-ʼōṯ} ‘because of all the sins’.
Root and etymology
g-ʾ-lgimel–aleph–lamed
“to redeem”
In context — 1 Kings 16:13
Because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they committed and by which they caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD the God of Israel with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:13, so the Hebrew word אֶ֚ל (el) 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.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.13.W1.S1) and character.