1 Kings 17:22:71 Kgs.17.22.W7TAB
עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ
alkirbo
“upon his inward part”
- Transliteration
- al-kir-BO
- Extended
- ahl-kir-BOH
- IPA
- /ʕal.qirˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH be-KOL e-li-YA-hu va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase ʿal-qirbô {עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ | ʿal-qirbô} ‘upon his inward parts’ situates the soul within the boy’s body.
Root and etymology
k-r-bqof–resh–bet
“inner part”
In context — 1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the boy returned within him, and he lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ (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.17.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.22.W7.S1) and character.