1 Kings 18:26:81 Kgs.18.26.W8TAB

מֵהַבֹּ֨קֶר

mehaboker

from the morning

Transliteration
me-ha-BO-ker
Extended
mee-hah-BOH-kehr
IPA
/meːhabˈboːqɛr/

Meaning by language

English
from the morning

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מֵ + הַ + בֹּ֨ + קֶר
me + ha + bo + ker
mehaboker

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ha-BO-ker

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-ha-BO-ker ve-ad-ha-tso-ha-RA-yim le-MOR

  3. 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

  4. 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 temporal expression mēhabbōqer wə‘ăd haṣṣōhŏrāyim {מֵהַבֹּקֶר וְעַד־הַצָּהֳרַיִם | mēhabbōqer wə‘ăd haṣṣōhŏrāyim} ‘from the morning until noon’ frames the duration of the invocation.

In context1 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 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 18:26, so the Hebrew word מֵהַבֹּ֨קֶר (mehaboker) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.26.W8.S1) and character.