1 Kings 17:13:41 Kgs.17.13.W4TAB
אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י
altirei
“do not fear”
- Transliteration
- al-ti-re-I
- Extended
- ahl-tih-reh-EE
- IPA
- /ʔal.tiːrˈʔiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not fear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ti-re-I
- clause
va-yo-MER e-le-HA e-li-YA-hu al-ti-re-I BO-i a-SI khid-va-REKH
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-le-HA e-li-YA-hu al-ti-re-I BO-i a-SI khid-va-REKH AKH a-SI-li-mish-SHAM u-GA ke-tan-NA va-ri-sho-NA ve-ho-TSET LI ve-LAKH ve-liv-NEKH ta-a-SI ba-a-kha-ro-NA
Exegesis
The negative imperative al-tir’i {אַל־תִּירְאִי | ʾal-tirʾî} ‘do not fear’ employs a jussive negation to reassure.
Root and etymology
Rooty-r-ʾ
“to fear, to be in awe”
In context — 1 Kings 17:13
And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear . Come and do as you have said, but first make for me a small cake from there and bring it to me, and afterward you shall make for yourself and for your son.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י (altirei) 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.17.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.13.W4.S1) and character.