1 Kings 16:2:121 Kgs.16.2.W12TAB
יָרָבְעָ֗ם
yaravam
“Jeroboam”
- Transliteration
- ya-rav-AM
- Extended
- yaa-rahv-AAM
- IPA
- /jaːraːvˈʕaːm/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-rav-AM
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM
- clause
va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER ha-ri-mo-TI-kha MIN-he-a-FAR va-et-TEN-kha na-GID AL a-MI yis-ra-EL va-TE-lekh be-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM va-ta-kha-TI ET-a-MI yis-ra-EL le-hakh-i-SE-ni be-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bəderēḵ yārāḇō‘ām {בְּדֶרֶךְ יָרָבְעָם | bə-derēḥ yārāḇō‘ām} denotes following Jeroboam’s example.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem
“people”
In context — 1 Kings 16:2
Because I raised you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, but you walked in the way of Jeroboam and caused My people Israel to sin, provoking Me to anger by their sins.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 16:2, so the Hebrew word יָרָבְעָ֗ם (yaravam) 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.16.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.2.W12.S1) and character.