1 Kings 18:22:81 Kgs.18.22.W8TAB
לְבַדִּ֑י
levaddi
“alone, by myself”
- Transliteration
- le-vad-DI
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DEE
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- alone, by myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-vad-DI
- 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 adverbial levadi {לְבַדִּי | lᵊ-ḇaḏ-dî} stresses exclusivity.
Root and etymology
ל־ב־ב
“heart”
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 18:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:22, so the Hebrew word לְבַדִּ֑י (levaddi) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.22.W8.S1) and character.