1 Kings 18:26:161 Kgs.18.26.W16TAB
עֹנֶ֑ה
one
“one answering”
- Transliteration
- o-NE
- Extended
- oh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one answering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN o-NE
- clause
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE
- sentence
va-yik-KHU ET-ha-PAR a-SHER-na-TAN la-HEM va-ya-a-SU va-yik-re-U ve-SHEM-ha-BA-al me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR ha-BA-al a-NE-nu ve-EN KOL ve-EN o-NE va-ye-fas-KHU al-ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER a-SA
Exegesis
The repeated negative clauses wə’ēn qōl wə’ēn ’ōnēh {וְאֵין קוֹל וְאֵין עֹנֶה | wə’ēn qōl wə’ēn ’ōnēh} ‘and there was no voice, and there was no answering’ underscores divine silence.
Root and etymology
’-n-h
“to answer”
In context — 1 Kings 18:26
So they took the bull that had been given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from the morning until the noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice or response. Then they limped on the altar that they had made.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:26:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word עֹנֶ֑ה (one) 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.18.26.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W16.S1) and character.