1 Kings 16:30:31 Kgs.16.30.W3TAB
בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י
benomre
“son of Omri”
- Transliteration
- ben-OM-re
- Extended
- behn-OHM-reh
- IPA
- /ben.ʕɔmˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Omri
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ben-OM-re
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re
- clause
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The subject is Achav ben ʿOmrî {אַחְאָ֧ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י | ’Aḥʾāb ben ʿOmrî} ‘Ahab son of Omri’, followed by the direct object hāraʿ {הָרַ֖ע | hāraʿ} ‘the evil’.
In context — 1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab, son of Omri, did the evil in the eyes of the LORD more than all who were before him .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:30, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י (benomre) 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.16.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.30.W3.S1) and character.