1 Kings 16:21:21 Kgs.16.21.W2TAB
יֵחָלֵ֛ק
yekhalek
“was divided”
- Transliteration
- ye-kha-LEK
- Extended
- yeh-khaa-LEHK
- IPA
- /jɛħaːˈleːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- was divided
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ye-kha-LEK
- phraseyour reading level
AZ ye-kha-LEK
- clause
AZ ye-kha-LEK ha-AM yis-re-EL la-KHE-tsi
- sentence
AZ ye-kha-LEK ha-AM yis-re-EL la-KHE-tsi kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
Exegesis
The Niphal imperfect yeḥāleq {יֵחָלֵק | yē-ḥā-lēq} ‘were divided’ conveys a passive action on the subject hā-ʿām yīs-rā-ʾēl {הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל | hā-ʿā-m yīs-rā-ʾēl} ‘the people of Israel’.
Root and etymology
Rootḥet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
In context — 1 Kings 16:21
Then the people of Israel were divided into two halves; half of the people was following Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and the other half was following Omri.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:21, so the Hebrew word יֵחָלֵ֛ק (yekhalek) 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.16.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.21.W2.S1) and character.