1 Kings 16:19:111 Kgs.16.19.W11TAB
יָרָבְעָ֔ם
yaravaam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-ra-VA-am
- Extended
- yaa-raa-VAH-ahm
- IPA
- /jaː.rɔːv.ʕɔˈm/
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-VA-am
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am
- clause
la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The parallel infinitive clause lalechet bederekh Yarov‘am {לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם | lā-le-kheṭ bᵉ-de-reḵ yā-rā-və-ʿām} ‘to walk in the way of Jeroboam’ supplies historical analogy.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem
“people”
In context — 1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:19, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֔ם (yaravaam) 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.16.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W11.S1) and character.