1 Kings 18:14:61 Kgs.18.14.W6TAB
לַֽאדֹנֶ֖יךָ
ladonekha
“to your lord”
- Transliteration
- la-do-NE-kha
- Extended
- lah-doh-NEH-khah
- IPA
- /laʔăðoːnɛˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
la-do-NE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
e-MOR la-do-NE-kha
- clause
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-a-TA a-TA o-MER LEKH e-MOR la-do-NE-kha hi-NE e-li-YA-hu va-ha-ra-GA-ni
Exegesis
The construct phrase laʾăḏōnêkha {לַֽאדֹנֶ֖יךָ | la-ʾă-ḏō-nê-kha} ‘to your master’ signals possession and direction.
In context — 1 Kings 18:14
And now you say, "Go, say to your master, ‘Behold, Elijah is here,’ and he will kill me."
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 18:14, so the Hebrew word לַֽאדֹנֶ֖יךָ (ladonekha) 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.18.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.14.W6.S1) and character.