1 Kings 16:29:131 Kgs.16.29.W13TAB
אַחְאָ֨ב
akhav
“Ahab”
- Transliteration
- akh-AV
- Extended
- ahkh-AAV
- IPA
- /ʔaħˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
akh-AV
- phraseyour reading level
akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yim-LOKH akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-ROn e-se-RIM u-she-ta-YIM sha-NA
- sentence
ve-akh-AV ben-om-RI ma-LAKH al-yis-ra-EL bish-naT she-lo-SHIM u-she-mo-NE sha-NA le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH akh-AV ben-om-RI al-yis-ra-EL be-shom-ROn e-se-RIM u-she-ta-YIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunctive waw ve- {וְ | wə} attached to the proper name Ahab {אַחְאָב | ’aḥ-’āḇ}, linking this account to preceding narrative.
In context — 1 Kings 16:29
And Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 16:29, so the Hebrew word אַחְאָ֨ב (akhav) 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.16.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.29.W13.S1) and character.