1 Kings 17:21:141 Kgs.17.21.W14TAB
עַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃
alkirbo
“into him or upon his inward part”
- Transliteration
- al-kir-BO
- Extended
- ahl-kihr-BOH
- IPA
- /ʕal.qirˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into him or upon his inward part
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-kir-BO
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
- sentence
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
Exegesis
The final locative phrase al-kirbo {עַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ | ʿal-qir-bô} ‘upon his inner part’ specifies where the soul is to return. This sequence, where Elijah’s ritual action precedes his plea, forms a chiastic pattern that intensifies the narrative’s theological impact.
Root and etymology
k-r-bqof–resh–bet
“inner part”
In context — 1 Kings 17:21
And he stretched himself upon the boy three times and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , please let the soul of this boy return within him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 17:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃ (alkirbo) 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.17.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.21.W14.S1) and character.