1 Kings 18:17:91 Kgs.18.17.W9TAB
זֶ֖ה
ze
“this”
- Transliteration
- ZE
- Extended
- ZEH
- IPA
- /ˈzɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ZE
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-TA ZE
- clause
va-yo-MER akh-AV e-LAV ha-a-TA ZE o-KHER yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT akh-AV et-e-lee-YA-hu va-yo-MER akh-AV e-LAV ha-a-TA ZE o-KHER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the interrogative phrase ha-ʼattāh zeh {הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶה | ha-ʼattāh zeh} ‘are you this’ heightens the challenge.
In context — 1 Kings 18:17
And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the troubler of Israel?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 18:17, so the Hebrew word זֶ֖ה (ze) 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.18.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.17.W9.S1) and character.