1 Kings 17:21:21 Kgs.17.21.W2TAB
עַל־הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙
alhayeled
“upon the child”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-YE-led
- Extended
- ahl-hah-YEH-lehd
- IPA
- /ʕal.hajˈjɛlɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the child
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-YE-led
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led
- clause
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR
- 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 prepositional phrase al-hayeled {עַל־הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ | ʿal-hā-yé-leḏ} ‘upon the boy’ frames the action, and the numeral shalosh peamim {שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֔ים | šālōš pə-ʿā-mîm} ‘three times’ functions as an emphatic adverbial.
Root and etymology
y-l-dyod–lamed–dalet
“to bear, bring forth”
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 17:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 17:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ (alhayeled) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.21.W2.S1) and character.