1 Kings 18:15:21 Kgs.18.15.W2TAB
אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ
eliyahu
“Elijah”
- Transliteration
- e-li-YA-hu
- Extended
- ee-lih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /ʔeː.liˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elijah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-li-YA-hu
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ (eliyahu) 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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W2.S1) and character.