1 Kings 17:23:81 Kgs.17.23.W8TAB

לְאִמּ֑וֹ

leimmo

to his mother

Transliteration
le-im-MO
Extended
leh-ihm-MOH
IPA
/ləʔimˈmoː/

Meaning by language

English
to his mother

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + אִמ + מּ֑וֹ
le + im + mo
leimmo

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-im-MO

  2. clause

    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

  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

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 17:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 17:23, so the Hebrew word לְאִמּ֑וֹ (leimmo) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.23.W8.S1) and character.