1 Kings 16:3:21 Kgs.16.3.W2TAB
מַבְעִ֛יר
maveir
“causing to burn away or utterly removing”
- Transliteration
- mav-e-IR
- Extended
- mahv-eh-EER
- IPA
- /mav.ʕiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- causing to burn away or utterly removing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mav-e-IR
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE mav-e-IR
- clause
hin-NE mav-e-IR a-kha-RE va-SHA ve-a-kha-RE BE-to
- sentence
hin-NE mav-e-IR a-kha-RE va-SHA ve-a-kha-RE BE-to ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT
Exegesis
The Hiphil participle mavʿîr {מַבְעִיר | mab-ʿîr} ‘am about to burn/consume’ functions predicatively to express forthcoming judgment. The paired preposition constructs acharei …
Root and etymology
Rootbet–ayin–resh
“to burn, consume, destroy”
In context — 1 Kings 16:3
Behold, I am about to bring devastation upon Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:3, so the Hebrew word מַבְעִ֛יר (maveir) 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.16.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.3.W2.S1) and character.