1 Kings 18:22:31 Kgs.18.22.W3TAB
אֶל־הָעָ֔ם
elhaam
“to the people”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-AM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-AM
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu el-ha-AM a-NI no-TAR-ti na-VI la-ye-ho-VAH le-vad-DI
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu el-ha-AM a-NI no-TAR-ti na-VI la-ye-ho-VAH le-vad-DI u-ne-vi-E ha-BA-al ar-ba-me-OT va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ha-am {אֶל־הָעָ֔ם | ʾel-ha-ʿām} marks the addressees.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed | A-L
“toward, to”
In context — 1 Kings 18:22
And Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left as a prophet for the LORD ; but the prophets of Baʿal are four hundred and fifty men.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָעָ֔ם (elhaam) 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.18.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.22.W3.S1) and character.