1 Kings 17:24:131 Kgs.17.24.W13TAB
אֱמֶֽת׃
emet
“truth”
- Transliteration
- e-MET
- Extended
- eh-MEHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈmɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- truth
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-MET
- clause
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha e-MET
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA el-e-li-YA-hu a-TA ZE ya-DA-ti KI ISH e-lo-HIM a-TA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH be-FI-kha e-MET
Exegesis
In the second clause, the construct ud-bar-yehovah {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | wū-ḏə-bār-yə-hō-wā(h)} serves as the subject and emet {אֱמֶת | ᾿ĕ-meṯ} as its predicative attribute, with the locative bephikha {בְּפִיךָ | bə-p̄î-ḵā(h)} shifted in English word order for natural flow.
Root and etymology
’-m-t’aleph–mem–tav
“firmness, faithfulness, truth”
In context — 1 Kings 17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God , and the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 17:24, so the Hebrew word אֱמֶֽת׃ (emet) 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.17.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.24.W13.S1) and character.