1 Kings 16:32:31 Kgs.16.32.W3TAB
לַבָּ֑עַל
labaal
“for Baal”
- Transliteration
- la-BA-al
- Extended
- lah-BAA-ahl
- IPA
- /laˈbaː.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Baal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-BA-al
- clause
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al
- sentence
va-ya-KEM miz-BE-akh la-BA-al BET ha-BA-al a-SHER ba-NA be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The noun mizbeach {מִזְבֵּחַ | miz-be-ḥaḥ} ‘altar’ takes the prepositional phrase labaal {לַבָּעַל | la-bā-ʿal}, indicating dedication.
Root and etymology
ב־ע־לbet–ayin–lamed
“lord”
In context — 1 Kings 16:32
And he erected an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:32:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:32, so the Hebrew word לַבָּ֑עַל (labaal) 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.16.32.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.32.W3.S1) and character.