1 Kings 16:26:141 Kgs.16.26.W14TAB
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃
behavlehem
“with their idols or vapors”
- Transliteration
- be-hav-le-HEM
- Extended
- beh-hahv-leh-HEEM
- IPA
- /bəhavleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with their idols or vapors
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-hav-le-HEM
- clause
le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-KHOL-DE-rekh ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT u-ve-kha-ta-TAI-v u-ve-kha-TA-to a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-hav-le-HEM
Exegesis
Finally, the noun behevelaihem {בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם | bə-ḥaḇ-’ê-lā-ye-hem} ‘with their vanities’ employs the plural construct to denote the emptiness of idol worship. The translation preserves these layers to maintain Hebrew causality and emphasis.
Root and etymology
h-b-lheh–beth–lamed
“vapor, emptiness”
In context — 1 Kings 16:26
He walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 16:26, so the Hebrew word בְּהַבְלֵיהֶֽם׃ (behavlehem) 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.16.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.26.W14.S1) and character.