1 Kings 17:1:111 Kgs.17.1.W11TAB
עָמַ֣דְתִּי
amadti
“I have stood”
- Transliteration
- a-mad-TI
- Extended
- aa-mahd-TEE
- IPA
- /ʕaː.madˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have stood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-mad-TI
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- clause
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI mi-to-sha-VE gil-AD el-akh-AV khai-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV im-yih-YE ha-sha-NIM ha-EL-le TAL u-ma-TAR
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI mi-to-sha-VE gil-AD el-akh-AV khai-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV im-yih-YE ha-sha-NIM ha-EL-le TAL u-ma-TAR KI im-le-FI my word
Exegesis
The relative clause asher amadti lefanav {אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָ֔יו | ʾǎ·šer ʿā·maḏ·tî lə·pān·āw} “before whom I have stood” highlights Elijah’s prophetic presence.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand”
In context — 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I have stood, there shall be no dew or rain these years except by my word .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:1, so the Hebrew word עָמַ֣דְתִּי (amadti) 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.17.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.1.W11.S1) and character.