1 Kings 18:2:41 Kgs.18.2.W4TAB
אֶל־אַחְאָ֑ב
elakhaav
“to Ahab”
- Transliteration
- el-a-kha-AV
- Extended
- ehl-ah-khaa-AAV
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔaħˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ahab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-a-kha-AV
- clause
va-ye-LEKH e-li-YA-hu le-he-ra-OT el-a-kha-AV
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH e-li-YA-hu le-he-ra-OT el-a-kha-AV ve-ha-ra-AV kha-ZAKH be-sho-me-RON
Exegesis
The subject Eliyahu {אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ | ʾĕlî-yā-hū} immediately follows, and the infinitive purpose clause lehera’ot {לְהֵרָא֖וֹת | lə-hērā’ōṯ} “to appear” is introduced by the preposition el {אֶל־ | ʾel} toward Ahab {אַחְאָ֑ב | ʾaḥ-āḇ}.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to let himself be seen by Ahab, and the famine was severe in Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אַחְאָ֑ב (elakhaav) 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.18.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.2.W4.S1) and character.