1 Kings 17:20:71 Kgs.17.20.W7TAB
עַל־הָאַלְמָנָ֞ה
alhaalmana
“upon the widow”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-al-ma-NA
- Extended
- ahl-haa-ahl-mah-NAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ʔal.maːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the widow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-al-ma-NA
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–mem
“widow”
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאַלְמָנָ֞ה (alhaalmana) 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.17.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W7.S1) and character.