1 Kings 18:12:201 Kgs.18.12.W20TAB
מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃
minneurai
“from my youth”
- Transliteration
- min-ne-u-RAI
- Extended
- mihn-neh-uh-RAAI
- IPA
- /minːəʕuːˈraːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from my youth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ne-u-RAI
- clause
ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The final clause wə-ʿă-bə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy {וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי | wə-ʿă-ḇə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy} ‘and your servant fears the LORD from my youth’ contrasts the potential threats with lifelong reverence.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–ayin–resh
“youth, early life”
In context — 1 Kings 18:12
And it will happen that when I go from you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know. And if I come to tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But your servant has feared the LORD from my youth .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:12:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃ (minneurai) 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.18.12.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.12.W20.S1) and character.