1 Kings 16:13:51 Kgs.16.13.W5TAB
אֵלָ֣ה
ela
“Elah”
- Transliteration
- e-LA
- Extended
- ee-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-LA
- phraseyour reading level
e-LA ve-NO
- 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
A construct chain links chatto’ot to the proper names Baasha {בַּעְשָׁא | Ba-ʻa-šāʼ} ‘Baasha’ and Elah {אֵלָה | ʼê-lāh} ‘Elah’, marking possession.
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 16:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:13, so the Hebrew word אֵלָ֣ה (ela) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.13.W5.S1) and character.