1 Kings 17:23:131 Kgs.17.23.W13TAB
בְּנֵֽךְ׃
benekh
“your son {feminine singular possessive}”
- Transliteration
- be-NEKH
- Extended
- beh-NEEKH
- IPA
- /bəˈneːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your son {feminine singular possessive}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
be-NEKH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH
Exegesis
The adjective ḥay {חַי | ḥay} modifies be-neḵ {בְּנֵךְ | be·nēḵ}, completing the result clause. English rendering uses coordinated clauses for vav consecutive and preserves the imperative to maintain immediacy.
In context — 1 Kings 17:23
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son is alive .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 17:23, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵֽךְ׃ (benekh) 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.17.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.23.W13.S1) and character.