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

Result
בְּ + נֵֽךְ׃
be + nekh
benekh

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NEKH

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

  3. 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 context1 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.