1 Kings 18:27:121 Kgs.18.27.W12TAB
שִׂ֧יחַ
siakh
“musing or in thought”
- Transliteration
- SI-akh
- Extended
- SEE-akh
- IPA
- /ˈsiː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- musing or in thought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SI-akh
- phraseyour reading level
KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG
- clause
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO u-LAI ya-SHEN HU ve-yi-KATS
Root and etymology
“to muse, converse”
In context — 1 Kings 18:27
And it was at noon, and Elijah mocked them and said, “Call with a loud voice, for he is a god . For he is meditating , or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and will awaken.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word שִׂ֧יחַ (siakh) 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.18.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.27.W12.S1) and character.