1 Kings 18:1:41 Kgs.18.1.W4TAB
וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה
udevaryehovah
“and the word of the LORD”
- Transliteration
- u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- oo-deh-VAR-yeh-hoh-VAH
- IPA
- /uːdᵊˈvar.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the word of the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI ya-MIM ra-BIM u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-e-LI-ya-hu ba-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ya-MIM ra-BIM u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-e-LI-ya-hu ba-sha-NA ha-she-li-SHIT le-MOR LEKH he-ra-E el-a-KHA-v ve-et-NA ma-TAR al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The prophetic formula udvar-YHWH {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | wəḏəḇar yəhōwāh} ‘word of the LORD’ introduces divine speech directed el-Eliyahu {אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ | ʾel ʾĕlîyyāhû}, and the temporal clause bashanah hashlishit {בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית | baššānâ haššəlîšît} ‘in the third year’ situates the prophecy within the drought narrative.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, speech”
In context — 1 Kings 18:1
And after many days, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain upon the surface of the land.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:1, so the Hebrew word וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה (udevaryehovah) 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.18.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.1.W4.S1) and character.