1 Kings 18:2:51 Kgs.18.2.W5TAB
וְהָרָעָ֖ב
veharaav
“and the famine”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ra-AV
- Extended
- veh-haa-rah-AAV
- IPA
- /vəhɔːraˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the famine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ra-AV
- clause
ve-ha-ra-AV kha-ZAKH be-sho-me-RON
- 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 conjunction ve-hara’av {וְהָרָעָ֖ב | wə-hā-rā-ʿāḇ} “and the famine” links to a nominal clause with khazaq {חָזָ֥ק | ḥā-zāq} “severe” as predicate, and the locative phrase be-shomron {בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן | bə-šom-rōn} “in Samaria” specifies setting. The structure (verb–subject–purpose clause + conjunction–subject–predicate–locative phrase) emphasizes Elijah’s directed mission before presenting the dire condition of the land.
Root and etymology
Rootr-'-b
“famine”
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 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְהָרָעָ֖ב (veharaav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.2.W5.S1) and character.