1 Kings 16:18:71 Kgs.16.18.W7TAB
אֶל־אַרְמ֣וֹן
elarmon
“into the citadel”
- Transliteration
- el-ar-MON
- Extended
- eh-lar-MOHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔarˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the citadel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ar-MON
- phraseyour reading level
el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh va-yis-ROF a-LAV et-bet-ME-lekh ba-ESH va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The noun phrase ʾel-ʾarmon bêṯ-hammeleḵ {אֶל־אַרְמ֣וֹן בֵּית־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | ʾel-ʾarmon bêṯ-hammeleḵ} denotes the fortified royal palace.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-r-m
“fortress”
In context — 1 Kings 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the royal palace and burned it over himself with fire, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַרְמ֣וֹן (elarmon) 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.16.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.18.W7.S1) and character.