1 Kings 17:1:51 Kgs.17.1.W5TAB
גִלְעָד֮
gilad
“Gilead”
- Transliteration
- gil-AD
- Extended
- gihl-AAD
- IPA
- /ɣilˈʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gilead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
gil-AD
- phraseyour reading level
mi-to-sha-VE gil-AD
- 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
Elijah’s designation as hatishbi {הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י | hattîš·bî} and the phrase mitoshavei Gilad {מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י גִלְעָד | min·tô·šā·ḇê gil·ʿāḏ} establish his origin.
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 17:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:1, so the Hebrew word גִלְעָד֮ (gilad) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.1.W5.S1) and character.